Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Hannibal by Thomas Harris

16 reviews

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

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

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

carrionkid's review against another edition

3.0

This book has everything: misogyny, homophobia, racism, transphobia, breastfeeding a grown man, definitely getting kuru from eating human brains, murder by eel, the line "let's swap body fluids, bitch!".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

beaverla's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Cannibalism

alicew's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

Minor: War

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