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eldritch_ace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Transphobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
thursdd4y's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ee_comins's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, and Stalking
Minor: Infertility
hocuscrocus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Where Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs hit with beautiful, bleak poignancy, Hannibal falls entirely flat.
I know I'm being harsh. In part, it's because I genuinely love this series and find the basic plot of Hannibal to be uniquely beautiful. I still feel that way, but the plot itself is absolutely suffocated by layers of strange racism and cheap shock value. I'm no wilting flower; I enjoy gore and shocking elements. However, the details in this book shift between out-of-touch at best and needlessly disgusting at worst.
I doubt I'll ever read this again, which is a shame because there are some gems hidden among all of the awful bits.
Thomas Harris, what the fuck?
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
alpinkpaca's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
frmeden's review against another edition
- 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
1.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Torture, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility
caidyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I only had two problems with the book. The first being how the tense switched so often; sometimes in the beginning of the chapter it would be present tense and in the end or middle it would suddenly be past. Being a writer myself, mainly sticking to private works that I don't share, it bothered me, especially since I can stay to one tense and a man who's been published multiple times and his books are very well known can't. The second problem was with the details of minor characters, such as Margot, that I didn't need or care about. Sure, hearing about how much she wanted a child with Judy was sweet but wasn't that interesting or needed. The motivation for her killing Mason could have simply been because she had hated him, but that's my own opinion.
My favorite part of the book was seeing the development in Clarice and Hannibal's relationship. Ever since they had been introduced together and Hannibal had taken a special liking to her, I had hoped that they would wind up together either as a couple in a friendship or in romance. Yes, I do know that Hannibal had her drugged but he did reach her and understand her more than even she had until the end when she seemed to have become herself but in a new way that was far more elegant. The ending of the book was very good, but, again, the part about Barney was unneeded for me. Krendler's ending was really symbolic; Clarice ate her problem, clearing it away, almost turning into Hannibal in doing so because of the sudden change in elegance as her last problem, that being Krendler, was gone.
All in all a very good book that I would recommend to people looking for an interesting read that you don't want to put down.
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail