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chiara_dose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Murder
Moderate: Cannibalism, Cursing, Medical content, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent
thursdd4y's review against another edition
- 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
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
deeknowshowtoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
While i know this is probably the most hated book from the series and is hated by the author himself, i seriously enjoyed it.
yes, the writing is literally telling, not showing which is usually such a turn off, but honestly β probably because of how fixated i am β it didn't bother me one bit here.
I absolutely love Mischa and Hannibal's relationship to her. I am such a sucker for sibling tropes AND it's even more heartbreaking when it's angsty/no good ending in sight.
i feel so damaged of how he lost everyone, especially Mischa.
His relationship with Lady Murasaki is weird.
anyway, the hannibal core scenes are great and not disgustingly gory, which i appreciate
In conclusion, hannibal is just a teenage girl and i could make a three hour long video explaining every single detail, parallel, psychology and every niche thing in this book. muck. ππ.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Cannibalism
Minor: Medical content
hocuscrocus's review against another edition
- 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 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.
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
frmeden's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: War, Violence, Racism, Child death, Grief, Murder, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content
cyanide_latte's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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
freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition
- 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
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
kkalicky94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and War
Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, and Pedophilia
Minor: Antisemitism
evnhttn's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Genocide
Minor: Medical content and Racial slurs