Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

30 reviews

georgiaaa'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

callant's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

gilmargirl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

alpinkpaca's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I genuinely forgot this book supposed to be horror and started to root for the romance part because it was cute :') Still a good book, love reading about Hannibal just being locked up and obsessing over Will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

nuvo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

It's a bit slow for me, also at times I didn't care very much about some of the backstory. It's pretty gory at times, which isn't my favorite thing.

Also the storyline of the Dragon guy suddenly not wanting to kill anymore because of some random woman was a bit rushed imo. Also would have preferred if Dragon had just died in the fire, the last few chapters just felt awkward and unnecessary. That would have at least rounded him trying to stop for his almost-girlfriend up a lot better, now it just feels even more random.

I did enjoy (?) reading this, but I'm 98% sure I'm not rereading that ever again. But I will continue the series just because i want some more Hannibal the Cannibal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

phantasia's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty

jaylee_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

volo's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

5.0

I like this book because im obsessed with the Hannibal series. It very much feels like it was written back in 1988. Lots of racism and homophobia and very detailed childhood abuse. I dont like this Will Graham as much as I liked Edward Nortons Will Graham in the film adaptation or the NBC series but it was alright. Definitely a cult classic that probably wouldn't get the same following if published today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Medical content, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Many mentions of graphic childhood abuse. Graphic depictions of gore and torture. A fair amount of racism and homophobia.

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I actually think about this books a lot and how good it was. I really recommend and it’s much better than the film
it focusses on actual Francis not Hannibal so don’t expect stuff about Hannibal even though they put his name all on the front cover he’s just a minor character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this a lot, it came together really well but I felt the conclusion was a little rushed. Probably gonna check out the other books in the series while I'm at it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail