brokenbaroque 's review for:

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
1.0

Everyone said that this book was going to be disappointing and boring... they were more than right. Plot is fragile, characters are poorly developed and, generally, the story has no believability and lost all the mystery and the suspence that we find in the previous books.
Moreover, Thomas Harris, again, talks about things he doesn't know. It was barely acceptable in Hannibal, which was full of stereotypes about Tuscany and Italians, while this time the entire late WWII and post-war eras in Europe are described like a bad setting for a stupid Hollywood movie.
I think I would rather stick with the trilogy and forget about this book, so Hannibal Lecter, the educated and cool cannibal, will remain an extremely charming villain.