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dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
To be quite honest, I thought this book was rather middle-of-the-road. Some people I've talked to thoroughly enjoy it for the fact it serves to step behind the mystery of why the character of Hannibal Lecter is the way he is. And indeed it serves as a very interesting insight into that aspect of him! And some other people I have talked to dislike this book for the sake of the fact that it eliminates that mystery; they prefer Hannibal to remain a larger-than-life, frightening figure in their own minds. And likewise I can also understand why that might cause this book to be off-putting.
Personally I neither loved nor hated it. It was simply interesting to go through.
I think my largest criticism of this book is that it doesn't have great re-read value. It's the sort of thing that once you have read it, it's going to stick in your mind while going through the remainder of the books. And if it doesn't have great re-read value, then I look at it as an almost unnecessary book within the quartet when going through the series another time. It was good to read this once but I'm not sure how often I'll return to it.
Personally I neither loved nor hated it. It was simply interesting to go through.
I think my largest criticism of this book is that it doesn't have great re-read value. It's the sort of thing that once you have read it, it's going to stick in your mind while going through the remainder of the books. And if it doesn't have great re-read value, then I look at it as an almost unnecessary book within the quartet when going through the series another time. It was good to read this once but I'm not sure how often I'll return to it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Incest, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Hate crime
Minor: Genocide
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