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Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

10 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

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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

_copperluna_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed the book, I would say that this is not for everyone especially Thomas Harris’s writing style. 
I couldn’t put this book down, I was reading and listening to the audiobook so I finished it in days because I just couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

emsmeat's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Not as good as the sequels but a much more palatable read. Ending was somehow boring and we never get Hannibal in his golden years of being a psychologist serial killer and I'm salty about that. 3.0 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, War, Violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, and Child abuse

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.

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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

shangchunsong's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Antisemitism

frmeden's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racism, Child death, Grief, Murder, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

the best part of this book was when hannibal told lady murasaki he was in love with her and she jumped in the canal to get away from him

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. 

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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

paperbackacademie's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Cannibalism

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

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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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism and War