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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. KyleeKat | Jun 23, 2009 |   I was disappointed by this novel. I enjoyed Lecter's character immensely, of course, and also found satisfaction in following a young Clarice Starling, but personally felt that Harris's writing was very weak, which took away from the story for me. The way the author rushed the transitions between scenes and skipped from locale to locale left me dizzy and with no emotional attachment or concern for Starling, even as the book reached its climax with Clarice meeting Jame face to face but not knowing him. You know, what really struck me the most reading this book was how great of a job Hopkins did playing Lecter in the film adaptation. I will probably recommend the movie to people over the book going forward. I might revisit this author in the future to read this book's sequel, Hannibal, if only to see the radical change in endings between film and novel, which I just spoiled for myself on Wikipedia. (  )etimme | Jun 4, 2009 | Thomas Harris' best book. FBI agent Clarice Starling needs help from convicted serial killer Hannibal Lecter to find another monster. Graphic and gruesome, but fascinating. One of the most memorable books I've ever read. (  )avanta7 | Apr 24, 2009 | And the movie was even better. (  )dbree007 | Apr 2, 2009 |  An enthralling and frightening look into the mind of a serial killer. The relationship between Lecter and Starling is like a dance - each partner engaging then withdrawing. Equally fascinating is Starling quest to find Buffalo Bill, the serial killer the FBI is hunting. The characters are fully developed and well crafted, making for a read that keeps you turning the pages. ( )drlake66 | Nov 7, 2008 | 1  0.054 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0312924585, Mass Market Paperback)The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris, is even better than the successful movie. Like his earlier Red Dragon, the book takes us inside the world of professional criminal investigation. All the elements of a well-executed thriller are working here--driving suspense, compelling characters, inside information, publicity-hungry bureaucrats thwarting the search, and the clock ticking relentlessly down toward the death of another young woman. What enriches this well-told tale is the opportunity to live inside the minds of both the crime fighters and the criminals as each struggles in a prison of pain and seeks, sometimes violently, relief.Clarice Starling, a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee, is dispatched by her boss, Section Chief Jack Crawford, the FBI's most successful tracker of serial killers, to see whether she can learn anything useful from Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter's a gifted psychopath whose nickname is "The Cannibal" because he likes to eat parts of his victims. Isolated by his crimes from all physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game of "Clue" with Starling, providing her with snippets of data that, if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted, she goes where the data takes her. As the tension mounts and the bureaucracy thwarts Starling at every turn, Crawford tells her, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted, betrayed, and humiliated, Starling struggles to focus. If she can understand Lecter's final, ambiguous scrawl, she can find the killer. But can she figure it out in time? --Barbara Schlieper (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Makes me want to meet a cannibal.
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