Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

26 reviews

greenan26's review against another edition

challenging dark lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Murder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Mental illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use

monicaa_d's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Viscerally disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child abuse, Suicide, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Violence

alexasolis98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book was suspenseful and disturbing at times. The writing was not my favorite, it was almost choppy at times. I was sometimes a bit lost as to what was going on. However, there were times when the scenes were vivid. Will Graham was an interesting character, along with his relationship with Jack Crawford. I wish we could have seen more Hannibal Lecter. He is a very intriguing character that I look forward to reading more of. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Ableism, Murder, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

kather_doc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eldritch_ace's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Ableism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Medical content, Child death, Cannibalism, and Physical abuse

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

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This will always be one of my favorite books and I will always give it full stars whenever the opportunity arises. That being said, I'd only recommend it to others with some caveats.
First, there are some parts of this book that are truly disgusting. Read with caution and mind the content warnings.
Second, if your main exposure to this series is the NBC Hannibal adaptation, just know this is a very different style of storytelling. I've loved every bit of media related to this series from childhood (I may never understand why my dad let me watch Silence of the Lambs at 8) and I consider NBC's Hannibal to be a masterpiece. That said, the books are much more linear. Maybe a little dry at times. I personally enjoy Thomas Harris' writing style, but as always, your mileage may vary.

I could go on forever and ever about how much I love this book and the rest of the series but I'll spare the essay here. It's a great story to be enjoyed safely and with an open mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia and Racism

littleredwinter's review against another edition

Very disappointed. I thought I’d like the book because I liked the movie version of The Silence of the Lambs, but this book had inconsistent pacing, extraneous details galore, and very little characterization of its most interesting characters. The dated writing style that included way too much detail about unnecessary sexual stuff and actual slurs made my skin crawl more than the gore, which I expected more of than I actually got. The backstory felt unnecessary to understand the killer. And I felt I didn’t get Will Graham as a character at all. The only redeeming quality was Hannibal Lecter himself. He had the best characterization of anyone but was barely in the book. DNF at 86%. I couldn’t get all the way through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Animal death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Cannibalism

phantasia's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty