Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Hannibal by Thomas Harris

11 reviews

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.5

i really loved red dragon and silence of the lambs but this was just a disappointing ending to the trilogy. struggled for the first ~200 pages to get in to this and then when the pace began to pick up i was enjoying it a lot more but then the ending was just insane to me. 

clarice’s character just suddenly changed and the nuanced relationship between her and hannibal just suddenly shifts into full romance. this honestly all read like fan fiction it was just surreal and so unnecessary<\spoilers> 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, and Incest

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Not a perfect book but listening to it while also watching seasons 2 and 3 of the show was perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Homophobia, Cannibalism, and Drug use

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

thetallestbird's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• 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

I hadn't read this book for over a decade before picking it up again. Sadly, I was unpleasantly surprised by what I found.
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?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Ableism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

frmeden's review against another edition

slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Stalking, Transphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Infertility

danimacuk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Torture, Chronic illness, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Sexism, Gun violence, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Alcohol, Abandonment, Pedophilia, and War

sweetsandlo's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Infertility, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Incest, Death of parent, Child death, and Pedophilia

Minor: War

enchantressreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, Child abuse, Incest, Sexism, Racism, and Pedophilia

trashconno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

An astonishingly flagrant and bold "fuck you" to people who had become fans of the series' star serial killer and his world, Thomas Harris conjures up a very bleak yet also batshit insane world populated by eccentric weirdoes from all walks of life. The plot hook allows Harris to indulge in some brilliantly executed gothic touches melded with the familiar police procedural elements from the prior novels in the series. But I cannot go any further without detailing just how transgressive this one is, I can only assume intentionally so as a part of the "fuck you". It is incredibly resistant to your expectations (which I in fact welcome), very bloody gory and foul, yet still retains all those higher level elements of Harris' novels concerning human nature, relationships, psychology, etc. A modern (intentional) trash classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

roxiw's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Infertility and Racism