Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

48 reviews

stinkybarnacles's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, and Gore

ollie_again's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Bullying, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment and Racial slurs

georgiaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Kidnapping, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

gilmargirl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Body horror, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

illuminae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Ableism

pariah735's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I can't really say if my review is accurate since I watched the show first and keep comparing the two. It wasn’t a bad read and I’m going to read the next one in the series, but if I had never seen the show I probably wouldn’t have finished the book. The last thing I have to add is I’m not sure if it explains it in the next book but without watching the show first, Will and Hannibal’s connection is very confusing and ambiguous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Child abuse

ripxw's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

alpinkpaca's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I genuinely forgot this book supposed to be horror and started to root for the romance part because it was cute :') Still a good book, love reading about Hannibal just being locked up and obsessing over Will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Stalking, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

gingerroot's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Very, very interesting book. The utilized word choice, pacing, and overall prose is wonderful. As the book moves on and the characters mental state changes so does the narration--at times I found myself fully immersed in the world of Will Graham and Francis Dolarhyde.

The appearance of Dr. Lecter was a welcome surprise! I found his charactization charming and deeply unsettling.

Needles to say, I'm excited to continue reading the work of Thomas Harris.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

nuvo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

It's a bit slow for me, also at times I didn't care very much about some of the backstory. It's pretty gory at times, which isn't my favorite thing.

Also the storyline of the Dragon guy suddenly not wanting to kill anymore because of some random woman was a bit rushed imo. Also would have preferred if Dragon had just died in the fire, the last few chapters just felt awkward and unnecessary. That would have at least rounded him trying to stop for his almost-girlfriend up a lot better, now it just feels even more random.

I did enjoy (?) reading this, but I'm 98% sure I'm not rereading that ever again. But I will continue the series just because i want some more Hannibal the Cannibal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury