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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
very enjoyable book had it been about someone totally different. in fact it was about someone totally different
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Do I just really like books everyone else seems to hate? I mean, seriously, what the f*ck? This is the second book I've reviewed this week that everyone else hates, but I'm really into.
Okay, so our protagonist, Hannibal Lecter, witnessed horrific trauma as a kid and goes about seeking revenge for something that was done to his sister. A pretty basic setup, but one that I think works in the book's favour. A lot of people are put off that the origin of one of literature's best bad guys is revenge, but I think it works. It's sort of like the way children who are abused normally grow up to be the abusers. Children often mimic behaviour they see in their younger years. Doesn't it make sense that Hannibal goes cannibal after seeing his sister get eaten by Nazi deserters at such a young age?
I'll admit that my only real problem with this book is the rather anticlimactic end to our main antagonist. Vladis Grutas goes out after mocking Hannibal; and while Hannibal does give him quite a bit of brutal attention, the final encounter the two have is too much build-up and not enough payoff the way I see it.
Other than that, the book is gold! I know that's just my opinion, but I really believe that people are too hard on this book. I mean, really, were you really expecting the prequel to live up to the Hannibal Lecter Trilogy? For what it is, it does its job very well, and I think people should be more open-minded towards it.
Okay, so our protagonist, Hannibal Lecter, witnessed horrific trauma as a kid and goes about seeking revenge for something that was done to his sister. A pretty basic setup, but one that I think works in the book's favour. A lot of people are put off that the origin of one of literature's best bad guys is revenge, but I think it works. It's sort of like the way children who are abused normally grow up to be the abusers. Children often mimic behaviour they see in their younger years. Doesn't it make sense that Hannibal goes cannibal after seeing his sister get eaten by Nazi deserters at such a young age?
I'll admit that my only real problem with this book is the rather anticlimactic end to our main antagonist. Vladis Grutas goes out after mocking Hannibal; and while Hannibal does give him quite a bit of brutal attention, the final encounter the two have is too much build-up and not enough payoff the way I see it.
Other than that, the book is gold! I know that's just my opinion, but I really believe that people are too hard on this book. I mean, really, were you really expecting the prequel to live up to the Hannibal Lecter Trilogy? For what it is, it does its job very well, and I think people should be more open-minded towards it.
Conocía bien poco sobre este personaje, las películas la vi de niña y como es de esperarse no entendí mucho. Empecé por el final pero me gustó hacerlo porque puedo leer los demás libros sabiendo qué pasó en la vida de Hannibal para convertirse en lo que es hoy.
Esperaba mucho que ambos sobrevivieran, deje de leer el libro un tiempo porque me impactó mucho lo de Misha(tengo una niña casi de la misma edad que ella) El libro en si es un poco lento pero me gusto mucho.
Esperaba mucho que ambos sobrevivieran, deje de leer el libro un tiempo porque me impactó mucho lo de Misha(tengo una niña casi de la misma edad que ella) El libro en si es un poco lento pero me gusto mucho.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The worst of the series, but it wasn't written to drive the plot. This book was written to give color to Lecter's backstory, and does a good job doing so. Also, love a book about killing Nazis, which there is a lot of.
I never really got caught in this book. There was a lot of times that I couldn't understood exactl what was going in the plot actually. Although there are parts were I really wanted to read on to because the writing was very good, but it was not at all often.
Author Thomas Harris often tells readers how much he "cannot handle" writing Lecter and that ". . .Rising" is the poorer of his work, but I absolutely adored this perfected look into perhaps the most beloved mass murder to ever not truly exist.