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A review by thelauraxe
Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
1.0
I had high hopes for this one and was majorly let down. SO MUCH backstory for minor characters and the description of guns and ammunition was used in a way that make it feel like Harris was just trying to reach a word count. The only chapter worth reading is the description of the captive professor's time with Cari.
Also, what was the point of the never-ending chapter describing marketing for Don Ernesto's escargot business? I understand he's a seedy business man but no book in the Hannibal collection had such useless descriptions of activities with no tie to the plot. I could list characters unnecessary to the progression of the plot but the character count would exceed the limit of what GoodReads would allow me to write (note that GoodReads doesn't have a character limit...). The only reason I dragged through the book was because the 241 page length seemed like it would pass quickly - unfortunately it took longer to get through this than it took to finish the entire Hannibal collection.
Also, what was the point of the never-ending chapter describing marketing for Don Ernesto's escargot business? I understand he's a seedy business man but no book in the Hannibal collection had such useless descriptions of activities with no tie to the plot. I could list characters unnecessary to the progression of the plot but the character count would exceed the limit of what GoodReads would allow me to write (note that GoodReads doesn't have a character limit...). The only reason I dragged through the book was because the 241 page length seemed like it would pass quickly - unfortunately it took longer to get through this than it took to finish the entire Hannibal collection.