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hungryheidi2013's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexism
Moderate: Transphobia, Cannibalism, Body horror, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
bmay06's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Fatphobia
enchantressreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Fatphobia and Transphobia
Minor: Confinement and Chronic illness
madinhoa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Trafficking, and Violence
rachel_here's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Cannibalism and Transphobia
meaghanelizabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
major_tom's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
It’s an interesting detective story, with a very strong main character and insightful descriptions of police structure. In this case, I think the fact that I watched the movie spoiled some of experience reading it, because the movie is so good.
But the plot is interesting, Lector is intriguing, and the mystery keeps you on your toes. The flow is nice, though at the end I felt that things were rushed a little bit, dumping so much factual information. But we don’t learn why the crime happens or any motivation behind it, it’s kept quite vague (at least, it seemed to me).
I think it’s definitely worth reading the book if you liked the movie, but if you’re looking for police-dense murder mystery, there are more exciting books out there.
Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Body horror
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Cannibalism, and Kidnapping
Minor: Transphobia
sonyareadsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Fatphobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Homophobia
hotkoolaidpotato's review
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content
Minor: Cannibalism
captain_clo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
So I figured I'd return to the source material!!
Oh, quick note, I absolutely loved the first novel - but reading it is not necessary to understand Silence of the Lambs...though it does lend a deeper context to quite a few characters.
I honestly thought I could not love a character as much as Will Graham. Empathetic, dog-loving, fisherman Will Graham. But Clarice Starling really charmed me. She's blunt in a truthful way, she's warm but not a doormat, and she's so incredibly persevering that it's no wonder Hannibal takes a shining to her. The way that Thomas Harris writes characters is so relatably real - it's like these people really exist out there in the world somewhere. Which is an incredible feat - that they're that nuanced when Harris' writing style is quite blunt and can, at times, be quite technical.
I can see why the film/s and tv show were so good when they had this kind of source material! I can't wait to read the next two!!!
Minor: Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, and Body shaming
I'm not sure about labelling this novel as having transphobia, seeing as the book states in multiple ways that the killer is not transgender - but I would still be very, very wary of reading this if transphobia is a trigger of yours.