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The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
5.0
Everyone said the movie was incredible. I had no idea it was a book series first. So, I thought I'd give The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris a shot.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter was notorious around the world for his cannibalistic killings. Of course, all killers have their slip-ups and get caught eventually. But even though he's been locked up in an asylum for quite some time, he still manages to increase the number of deaths he has caused.
Introducing Clarice Starling, a young student at the FBI Academy in Quantico. She's not at the top of her class like roommate Ardelia Mapp, but she's not too low in it either. A slightly above average student, you could say. Just as she thought things were going fine, she got called into the office of Jack Crawford and was given an assignment that placed all of the doubt in the world on her.
Crack Hannibal Lecter.
So, just months from graduation, she went to the hospital that had kept Dr. Lecter slightly in check to try and get as much information from him to track down a copy-cat killer that had been traveling around the country to get desirable part of women. Yes, desirable parts of women. To make a suit. A costume. Whatever you want to call it. Soon enough, a Senator's daughter is among the kidnapped, and Starling has to make the most unlikely alliance with the most unlikely man on the planet to save this girl before it's too late.
I really, really, really enjoyed this book. I read it in one sitting, then read it again in the same sitting because it was that great of a book. Fantastically written, The Silence of the Lambs captured my attention from page one and kept me on the edge of my seat for every page.
The only problem I had with it was that there was hardly any mention of Will Graham and what he had accomplished in the book prior. In fact, that was why I started to reread the book in the first place - I had forgotten if that had even mentioned him once. They did mention him, but from what he did in the last book of the series, he deserves more recognition.
Overall, this book is one of my new favorites. Easily takes a five-star rating. I do think that I will end up rereading it again, and again, and again. I really did enjoy it, despite how dark it was.
Maybe I'll give the movie a shot.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter was notorious around the world for his cannibalistic killings. Of course, all killers have their slip-ups and get caught eventually. But even though he's been locked up in an asylum for quite some time, he still manages to increase the number of deaths he has caused.
Introducing Clarice Starling, a young student at the FBI Academy in Quantico. She's not at the top of her class like roommate Ardelia Mapp, but she's not too low in it either. A slightly above average student, you could say. Just as she thought things were going fine, she got called into the office of Jack Crawford and was given an assignment that placed all of the doubt in the world on her.
Crack Hannibal Lecter.
So, just months from graduation, she went to the hospital that had kept Dr. Lecter slightly in check to try and get as much information from him to track down a copy-cat killer that had been traveling around the country to get desirable part of women. Yes, desirable parts of women. To make a suit. A costume. Whatever you want to call it. Soon enough, a Senator's daughter is among the kidnapped, and Starling has to make the most unlikely alliance with the most unlikely man on the planet to save this girl before it's too late.
I really, really, really enjoyed this book. I read it in one sitting, then read it again in the same sitting because it was that great of a book. Fantastically written, The Silence of the Lambs captured my attention from page one and kept me on the edge of my seat for every page.
The only problem I had with it was that there was hardly any mention of Will Graham and what he had accomplished in the book prior. In fact, that was why I started to reread the book in the first place - I had forgotten if that had even mentioned him once. They did mention him, but from what he did in the last book of the series, he deserves more recognition.
Overall, this book is one of my new favorites. Easily takes a five-star rating. I do think that I will end up rereading it again, and again, and again. I really did enjoy it, despite how dark it was.
Maybe I'll give the movie a shot.