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sweetsandlo's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Lesbophobia
horrorandscience'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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Gore
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia
caidyn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- 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 find that this book is my favorite out of all the Hannibal Lecter series. It focused more on Hannibal, which I really enjoyed because he is, quite honestly, the most fascinating character that I've read in all my years. I did see the movie first but I couldn't follow it. I could only follow the book because of how spelled out they were for me to follow and understand. The book was an easy read, nothing too challenging to it, but one that I really enjoyed because of the focus done on my favorite character in this series.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail