Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

5 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Body horror, Child death, War, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark 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

On the positive side, this book contains plenty of the beautiful prose I love in Thomas Harris' novels.

On the negative side, it's a slow crawl to find the plot, and it's not very satisfying when it finally shows up. 

On the extra subjective side, I found it very slow going in general. It felt like Hannibal was 13 forever and then he was 18 forever. I get that these were the parts of his life that were most significant but I still found it very slow.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, War, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deportation

freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The focus was on Hannibal’s childhood, but the first 50-75 pages focused on the antagonists of the novel, which made it a little difficult to follow. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Medical content, Murder, War, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Bullying, Stalking, Trafficking, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Sexism, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Slavery

beaverla's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

If I had only read this book I would have given it one star. However, I would like to say that I found Thomas Harris' narration to be wonderful. But the story is terrible. Zero reason for it and I will never be a fan of trying to retcon famous evil characters and making them sympathetic. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

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