Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

5 reviews

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

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I actually think about this books a lot and how good it was. I really recommend and it’s much better than the film
it focusses on actual Francis not Hannibal so don’t expect stuff about Hannibal even though they put his name all on the front cover he’s just a minor character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking