Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Hannibal by Thomas Harris

25 reviews

squidneyboi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

gahhh idk the descriptions were awesome as was the plot but the ending truly lost me :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, and Cannibalism

freya_06's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Cannibalism

abbymawhinney's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

What the f*ck, Clarice?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Murder

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault

fawnalone's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

eldritch_ace's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

whoisthisjan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Torture, Cannibalism, and Murder

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

hocuscrocus'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: 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