Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

9 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

hookerkitty's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

4.0

(Finally adding the review way later, so I’m going off some old notes and what I vaguely remember lol)

There were some parts I found a tad boring, but that was prob more my mental space than the book itself. It was definitely fun reading the parts that got weaved into The Silence of the Lambs movie, even if it’s from a different book in the series. Very excited to read the next one.

Oh one of my biggest disappointments (or the biggest) was when Graham said “I could care less.” Guy is supposed to be hella intelligent and pulls that crap.

Good god I both can and cannot believe how many people are whining in the reviews saying they watched the Hannibal series and are upset he’s not in this book much. I can’t believe they had enough reading comprehension to make it through the entire book when they couldn’t make it through/comprehend the title (or synopsis) of the book. And totally missed that there is a book literally titled “Hannibal,” but they haven’t gotten there yet 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

heather_harrison's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book has left me with the controversial question once again - is the book actually better than the move? This time I'm not sure. 

I enjoyed how the backstory for Francis Dolarhyde was teased out, and his bizarre relationships. I would have certainly enjoyed a bit more of the infamous Hannibal Lecter. His cat and mouse relationship with "retired" FBI profiler Will Graham was exceptionally interesting. 

I kept finding myself pulled out of the story with the blantant sexism... Every woman that appears anywhere in the story described in terms of her beauty and it was honestly just annoying. It was weird that Graham would focus on woman when the families are all targeted by the Tooth Fairy, and the idea that he picked the families based on the woman did turn out to be completely unfounded. There were so many moments were our protagonist, our seeming knight in shining armor, just did not pass the vibe check. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

sir_meowsalot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jaylee_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I needed something to keep my mind of things and this certainly did it. There were a few cliche moments in the book that took me out of it,

such as the jump scare at the end.

Hannibal is not in this book very much but I look forward to reading the next book where his character is center stage. There's a reason why he's such an iconic character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death and Body shaming

Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

booksgirl456's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is an amazing story, not only does it have diverse characters and plot, it has an ending that will haunt you for a long time. Will Graham’s internal battles with his trauma and pure empathy are well thought out and written, as well as

Francis Dolahyde’s own struggles with his battles with the “dragon” and he is a tragic character who always seems to want to stop but just can’t manage it

the introduction to Hannibal Lecter is both thought provoking and spine chilling. All in all an amazing read and a must read if you are a fan of phycological horror and mystery novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Amazing

foreverinastory's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was boring. I expected Dr Lecter to be more involved in this than he was. I've heard he is more in the later books, but I don't really have any interest in reading more of these? I normally like murder mysteries so I don't exactly know why this one bored me so much. Maybe it was Will and how cishetero he is. Plus this book is old so the misogyny and gender roles prevail. Blegh. 

Would recommend to murder mystery fans who don't have a problem with cannibalism and rape-murder. Idk this was just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

tenten's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death