Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

61 reviews

emrog's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

I’m a big fan of nbc’s Hannibal and I was not prepared for Freddy Lounds and Dr Bloom to be MEN in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

booksgirl456's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is an amazing story, not only does it have diverse characters and plot, it has an ending that will haunt you for a long time. Will Graham’s internal battles with his trauma and pure empathy are well thought out and written, as well as

Francis Dolahyde’s own struggles with his battles with the “dragon” and he is a tragic character who always seems to want to stop but just can’t manage it

the introduction to Hannibal Lecter is both thought provoking and spine chilling. All in all an amazing read and a must read if you are a fan of phycological horror and mystery novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Amazing

mclachlan301003's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

mysimas's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.0

This book tries really hard to humanize its serial killer. And it works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

La lettura di questo libro è stata sicuramente interessante, in quanto il mio livello di godimento dell'opera è variato parecchio nel corso di quest'ultima.

Personalmente, ho trovato l'inizio e la prima parte dello sviluppo della storia, fino a pagina 120 circa, lento e non particolarmente coinvolgente, a tal punto da aver difficoltà a voler proseguire con la lettura. Poi, è arrivata la parte centrale del libro, che mi ha completamente stregata e mi ha tenuta incollata alle pagine, e questo momento è durato quasi fine alla conclusione dell'opera.

Purtroppo, però, gli ultimi due capitoli del romanzo hanno inficiato sul mio apprezzamento del finale, che sarebbe invece stato perfetto senza quest'ultimi.

In aggiunta, ma questo è dovuto al fatto che mi sono approcciata a questa lettura senza conoscerne in maniera approfondita la trama, mi sarei aspettata nell'opera una presenza maggiore di Hannibal Lecter, ma la cosa non ha influito sul giudizio dell'opera.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sonyareadsbooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Torture

hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Self harm, and Stalking

foreverinastory's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was boring. I expected Dr Lecter to be more involved in this than he was. I've heard he is more in the later books, but I don't really have any interest in reading more of these? I normally like murder mysteries so I don't exactly know why this one bored me so much. Maybe it was Will and how cishetero he is. Plus this book is old so the misogyny and gender roles prevail. Blegh. 

Would recommend to murder mystery fans who don't have a problem with cannibalism and rape-murder. Idk this was just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

charlieleelee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

eatsnacks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence