Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

27 reviews

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

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I actually think about this books a lot and how good it was. I really recommend and it’s much better than the film
it focusses on actual Francis not Hannibal so don’t expect stuff about Hannibal even though they put his name all on the front cover he’s just a minor character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Death, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Dementia, Gore, Homophobia, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this a lot, it came together really well but I felt the conclusion was a little rushed. Probably gonna check out the other books in the series while I'm at it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

paperbackacademie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

nicoleherz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Creeeeeepy

Writing was very direct, felt appropriate for this action theiller

Had seen the movie before and surprised to find it followed the book like EXACTLY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Ableism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Body shaming, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Stalking

gabbyreynolds's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Gun violence

kateausten's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

mentallyfishinggg's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Truly lives up to the critic reviews

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Gun violence, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

moahrens'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicide