It's hard to rate something that is so embedded in our culture, that I've read before and also seen the movie multiple times, so I won't give it a star rating.

A few thoughts, though:

Harris is a great storyteller. There is no denying that.

He also makes really cool, intriguing characters. Hannibal Lecter tugs at the imagination like almost no other.

However

Harris's use of tenses is confusing as f***. One paragraph, we're in the past tense. Now we're in the present tense! Now it's the past tense again. Agh! I'm not sure what he was going for, but to me it feels (and always felt) sloppy.

Looking forward to watching the movie again.

A good book, but I guess I expected too much from such a classic. ( )

One of my favorite books that was just as good on the screen. One of my favorites of all time ( )

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What else is there to say about Harris's work that hasn't been said. Silence of the Lambs is a masterpiece and Lecter is his piece de resistance. I think I liked Silence better than Red Dragon because you get more Lecter, and Starling is a better character than Graham, who has his potential, but it pulled down by his relationship with Molly. I actually like the Graham from the tv show Hannibal much better than the Graham from Red Dragon. ( )