Book Review: Hannibal Rising
To fans of Thomas Harris? you are gonna love this book.
I’ve always been a HUGE fan of Dr Lecter. And while it is obvious he is out of my league by light years, if there were a fictional character I could be, it would be Dr Lecter. And this book reinforces that immensely.
I have always had what my friend Jenny calls “anm overdeveloped sense of justice”. I like it when the bad guy dies. IN fact, I like it when the bad guy dies horribly, in pain, begging for his life. if you like that too, read this book.
THe book also talks about what happens to people like that- they become dead to other things, as Hannibal becomes, in the end. Like the folks at the Nurmburg trials became. I understand that. Doctors are similar- they can only process what they can, getting too close to a patient makes it likely they would have to stop doing their jobs.
Anyway, again, if you like Harris, read this book. If you don’t, don’t bother. Hell, if you never READ anything by Harris, read “black sunday”. It’s an eye opener.
Ooh…thanks for the review. That one will be added to my list for Christmas break reading.
LOVE Harris…and Dr. Lecter.
Don’t know if I love Harris, but I’ve read the Hannibal books and found them enjoyable
Will check out Hannibal Rising, Og. Sounds good.
And as for the bad guy, I don’t think your sense of justice is overdeveloped.
The bad guy is supposed to die a horrible, painful death. If he didn’t sometimes, we’d all lose our minds.
The book was an entertaining read (though nothing like Red Dragon or Lambs), but why not even one mention of Hannibal’s six fingers, something made much of in Lambs & Hannibal? Surely that would have been an issue for Hannibal at the orphanage at least, & a reason for comment by other characters? I guess cos it was written as a screenplay & they have never bothered with the six finger thing in the screen versions, but it seems pretty slack to me