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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Me desepciono un poco, esperaba que fuera más entrañable la manera en la que por fin se hablaba del misterioso doctor Lecter, tal vez esperaba que fuera más mítico e interesante, así como me lo vendieron en los primeros libros. Además esperaba que se hablara también de los otros crímenes que cometió ya siendo psiquiatra. A lo mejor solo tenía muchas espectativas.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book answers the question: How it all began. I actually enjoyed this one and couldn't feel sorry for or lose any sleep over the victims (or the bad ones at least). This book completes the series for me and I'm not reading anymore books about this character.
Was not as good as the first three, but still a phenomenal story.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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:
Yes
3.75 stars...I still enjoyed this book but not as much as the others. This is the prequel to how Hannibal Lector became who he is, the backstory to hid upbringing in Lithuania, France and hoe he came to the US. It's definitely got a shock and awe feel to it. Lots a WWII/nazi occupation. Some parts were a little squeamish. As he hunts down the group of nazi sympathizers who killed his family and pillaged his home. I still think it's definitely worth a read getting to know your favorite cannibal/psychiatrist. Also you know I read it with my brain narrating Hannibal in Anthony Hopkins voice haha
Just dragged, so much slower than the other Hannibal Lecter books. Beginning almost read as an actual biography with how detached and monotonous it felt.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m not sure some aspects of young Hannibal make sense for the character we know in later books. There’s a small reveal that initially seems sensical, but when you extrapolate it to later, seems questionable. It’s also littered with some weird exoticism that, when paired with fetishism, feels pretty antiquated and not well thought out. The movie gets away with more because it’s a Hollywood production.
This, though, seems pretty devoid of what makes the first two books, particularly Silence of the Lambs, really great: A better than average depiction of women and a greater awareness of socio-political issues permeating characters. While I bought the reveal of why Hannibal is cannibal, not much else worked, and it has a formula about it derived from the previous books re: the investigator on the scent of Hannibal.
This, though, seems pretty devoid of what makes the first two books, particularly Silence of the Lambs, really great: A better than average depiction of women and a greater awareness of socio-political issues permeating characters. While I bought the reveal of why Hannibal is cannibal, not much else worked, and it has a formula about it derived from the previous books re: the investigator on the scent of Hannibal.
slow-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, War
Moderate: Racial slurs, Medical content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail
2 stars. so mid it actually hurts. this book felt like an excuse to flex the author's knowledge of foreign names. no rtc because there's nothing to elaborate on