Several years ago, I read a little article about the upcoming film ’’Hannibal’’, back then, I hadn’t even watched ’’The Silence of the Lambs’’ movie (shame on me...). I was intrigued, specially because the article mentioned some (and I quote) ’’EXTREME GORE’’... Back then, I actually bought that line...
Anyway, as I hate to read a trilogy from the middle, and (as usual) I couldn’t find the first part of this one (Red Dragon) I had to wait a long time, until I made a visit to another country, where I finally found the Red Dragon...
I won’t comment any of the first two books, as I rather do that in the respective review, but I must say that after reading the first two novels, I was eager to get my hands on Hannibal... I even bought a big Hardcover copy that was just waiting there for me to finish the first books.
I did enjoy reading Hannibal, but I think that I didn’t enjoy it as much as I did when I read the first two... maybe it’s just me, but I think that Mr. Harris might have been under a big deal of pressure, from the press, the studios and the audience, as everybody wanted to know what would Dr. Lecter do now.
Hannibal gives you the chance to finally understand the mind of Lecter, understand why, and how he became a Cannibal. You’ll see that there’s an important reason behind his madness, that he’s not just about a ’’pyscho’’ (which, let’s face it, he is), he has a motif, a trauma, the ’’shrink’’ actually has something in his past, that really left a mark on him...
A little suggestion, read the book, don’t watch the movie ;)... even though Anthony Hopkins did a great job, as usual, the book is better, a lot better.