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A review by jojopenguinreads
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Did not finish book.
DNF @ 15%
This book is such a disappointment after just finishing 'The Silence of the Lambs'. I always feel rude to DNF something, but this book would be torture to push myself through, especially right now when I have plenty of other books upon my shelf that need reading.
The worst thing a book can ever be is boring, and that's what 'Hannibal' is. After seeing this plot done so much better in both Ridley Scott's 2001 film and in the NBC TV show (both of which, I think, were able to do the best they could with material that happens to be both bland and a little over the top), this book came off as a boring, cash-grabby, excessive sequel to two books (SOTL and Red Dragon) I genuinely enjoyed.
I will more than likely return to this novel eventually, but I'm afraid it isn't in the foreseeable future.
This book is such a disappointment after just finishing 'The Silence of the Lambs'. I always feel rude to DNF something, but this book would be torture to push myself through, especially right now when I have plenty of other books upon my shelf that need reading.
The worst thing a book can ever be is boring, and that's what 'Hannibal' is. After seeing this plot done so much better in both Ridley Scott's 2001 film and in the NBC TV show (both of which, I think, were able to do the best they could with material that happens to be both bland and a little over the top), this book came off as a boring, cash-grabby, excessive sequel to two books (SOTL and Red Dragon) I genuinely enjoyed.
I will more than likely return to this novel eventually, but I'm afraid it isn't in the foreseeable future.