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| Original Title: | Hannibal Rising |
| ISBN: | 0385339410 (ISBN13: 9780385339414) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hannibal Lecter #4 |
| Characters: | Hannibal Lecter |
Thomas Harris
hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.5 | 33368 Users | 1669 Reviews
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HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERS IN ALL OF LITERATURE. AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL IS REVEALED. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death’s prodigy.
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| Title | : | Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #4) |
| Author | : | Thomas Harris |
| Book Format | : | hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2006 by Delacorte Press |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Crime |
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Ratings: 3.5 From 33368 Users | 1669 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #4)
I have nothing against making money. Money is important and I don't begrudge anyone their coin. That said.... Why Oh Why??? Did Thomas Harris write this lifeless drivel? I respect a money grab, the studio wanted a Hannibal prequel so Thomas Harris decided to write it.But is this the best he could do? I have a better back story for Hannibal in my head right now and its better than this. I didn't even recognize the Hannibal Lecter I've come to know and love over 3 novels, 2 movies(I still haven'tThe grim and poetic closure to the Hannibal books. A portrait of a child coming to grips with grief, becoming a man you wouldn't want to interest with your scent lest you want to end up in his stomach, albeit elegantly garnished. Hold on to your cheeks, the tastiest morsels of every creature.
When Dino De Laurentiis threatened to go ahead and make a Lecter prequel without Thomas Harris, Mr. Harris responded the best way he knew how. He pulled a remarkable con on Dino, and the public, by destroying Dr. Hannibal Lecter as effectively as possible. Really, how else to explain ? By introducing a nonsensical, ham-fisted backstory, rife with deliberate continuity errors and an implausible denouement at odds with the previous Lecter tales, Harris demythologized his best-known creation and
This book is so fucking abysmal that I cant finish it. Its a very rare thing for me not to get through a book even if its a struggle. Ill torture myself to get to the end because I get this feeling like Im cheating myself and the author if I dont. If someone else gets through the 323 pages of wasted paper god bless you. Every word reads like an exercise in how to bilk the public out of a couple of more dollars with a character that accidentally became famous. Hannibal Lechter is one of the great
Right off, I have to say that I love this book.I have been waiting, along with many others, for years to find out how Hannibal Lecter became what he became. I wanted to know what caused his transformation into one of the most frightening killers in literature (and the movies) known to man.I was thrilled beyond words to hear that Harris was writing a new book and that a new movie based on the book was in production. I knew that Harris was writing the screenplay. Aside from that, I knew nothing. I
I just re-read this novel and ended up adding a star. The best way to approach this novel is as a stand-alone. Pretend you never read any of the other books or saw the movies. You never heard of Clarice Starling. Now, start all over and read this for the delicately crafted characterizations and storyline. Hannibal Lecter is no longer an overworked, over-the-top villain that fans love to hate. He's now a three-dimensional and very human young man who must find his way in post-war Europe. He
3.5My interest level fluctuated with the story. At times Harris seemed too impersonal and dry with his writing style, while other times it flowed well and I wondered why I questioned his style before. When in the head of Hannibal, the story is at its most intriguing, not just because the character is done so well (he is), but because it seems Harris finds firmer footing. There's not much head hopping, yet it still feels a bit disconnected, especially when the author tells too much, explaining in
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