by Thomas Harris
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....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
I loved this one as well.
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...