Silence of the Lambs is one of my favorite books which I first read more than half my life ago. I’ve seen the movie at least 20 times too, but long ago was urged not to read or watch Hannibal because it could ruin SotL for me, so I’ve always pretended it didn’t exist, until yesterday. I just finished Hannibal and I’m reeling. I love it even more than SotL or Red Dragon. For the first half I found myself feeling kind of bored and prepared not to like it, but the last third or so of the book is INSANE!!! I don’t want to put spoilers here but I thought it was all so good and probably the best horror book I’ve ever read. I’ll never look at pigs the same, and my mouth was literally agape for the dinner scene with Krendler. Holy cow.
by spiny___norman