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Hannibal Rising (Audio) - Community Reviews back

by Thomas Harris
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Farnaz
Farnaz rated it 11 years ago
The book tells the history of the famous Hannibal Lecter. H. Lecter was born in Lithuania. He got a very good education at home. He learnt several languages. His teacher was Jukav who taught him many things. In the end of WW II his family is killed by some Nazi scavengers in the head with Grutas....
philoSophie
philoSophie rated it 11 years ago
hannibal lecter is one of my favourite villains, thus, i was uber excited to read the alleged prequel. i couldn't be more disappointed. i was impressed by neither the storyline nor lecter himself, as the explanation that his actions were caused by his pursuit for revenge didn't satisfy me. i just pr...
Dreamworld
Dreamworld rated it 12 years ago
I read this long time ago. I have forgotten some parts of the story. This will be probably another "movie is better than book". I will re-read it and give better review but probably not now, not for after sem 2 final project that's for sure.
The Good Times Are Killing Me
The Good Times Are Killing Me rated it 14 years ago
I was hoping that my disappointment with Hannibal Rising was caused by the spanish translation, but after reading some reviews here I guess that the original is probably not better. Harris doesn't give much ground for turning Hannibal from "righteous" avenger to cannibal monster, and there is nothin...
bunnycates
bunnycates rated it 15 years ago
Hannibal Rising is not the "scare fest" I expected it to be. Not like the other Hannibal books at all really. I found I could not put it down though.My interest in starting the book was to learn why Hannibal became "the monster". My attention to finish the book was because of the description of t...
Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it 18 years ago
I picked this up at the second hand store. Overall, I have liked Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels, so I figured I would read this one as well. I will admit I was a bit apprehensive given a lot of bad reviews. Most of the reviews I saw were along the lines of "now that we know how Hannibal became what...
Rabbit Reads
Rabbit Reads rated it 18 years ago
I loved this one as well.
michael
michael rated it 25 years ago
Disappointing after Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs, which were good of their kind.The opening scene in the fish market reeds like a film script, which is either good or bad depending on your view.Lector is presented as a rather glamorous figure, aside from his homicidal tendencies. This could b...
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