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alicew's review against another edition
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, War, and Child abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture
Minor: Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault
aguattery's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Easily the weakest of the Hannibal Lecter stories. It just wasn't interesting or fast paced enough to be engaging.
Hannibal Lecter is one of those villains that you don't want to know the origin story for - I don't want to try and feel empathy or understanding I just want to know him as a monster without cause. It makes the other books in the series more interesting.
Wouldn't read it again.
Hannibal Lecter is one of those villains that you don't want to know the origin story for - I don't want to try and feel empathy or understanding I just want to know him as a monster without cause. It makes the other books in the series more interesting.
Wouldn't read it again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Cannibalism and War
bea_rodr's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, War, Body horror, and Murder
caidyn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Again, a decent book but the way it was set up disappointed me a bit. I love the story behind it and how you can find out why Hannibal does what he does but in the end it fell short for me. Plus the same things bothered me from the book Hannibal bothered me here, such as the random tense changing and how there's just foreign language that I don't know in the middle of a page without any translation for me to go off of. This had a great idea to it but it majorly fell short in my eyes. I'm sure that it could have been done better going off of all the other books in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism, Murder, and War
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