titus_hjelm 's review for:

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

2.0

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It's been a while since I read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs and I never read Hannibal as I recall Steve King hated it. But I got this from a 1 pound box, so gave it a shot. The story was OK, easy to read and had some OK bits, although I agree Hannibal was a much more interesting character without all the justification given here. And there was some serious purple prose among otherwise sparse writing. It wasn't as bad as some of the reviews say, but definitely not in the same league with the first two. Worst of all, it really felt like it was written with a screenplay in mind.