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A review by beytwice
Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
3.0
Thank you to Netgalley for the free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have tried my hardest not to compare this too closely with the Hannibal series despite sourcing back to the same author but all the same I find my mouth parched for more in this good (but not great) novel.
Cari Mora is a really interesting character I want to know more about and Harris maintains the trend of intriguing villains here, too. The rest of the characters are bland to me and the first half of the book hard to follow. The story definitely picks up after that but lacks the same cat-and-mouse dynamic I loved in Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling. Some really gory moments I was a fan of and definitely markers of Thomas Harris’ writing, just not as fully realised as I would like.
Cari Mora is a really interesting character I want to know more about and Harris maintains the trend of intriguing villains here, too. The rest of the characters are bland to me and the first half of the book hard to follow. The story definitely picks up after that but lacks the same cat-and-mouse dynamic I loved in Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling. Some really gory moments I was a fan of and definitely markers of Thomas Harris’ writing, just not as fully realised as I would like.