The movie version gave him a slightly larger role, but the book is actually better. Red Dragon: Hannibal Lecter plays a small role in this book. In Hannibal Rising I don’t recall this being mentioned once. Continuity error found as well… in the 3 books after this, it is a noted point that Hannibal has 6 fingers on one hand. As an overall story, I enjoyed it very much, but I’d never recommend the book… instead, I’d say to see the movie, because the film takes the best parts of it all and brings it to life. Yes, the background story and origin for why Hannibal is the way he is, feels complete… but there are points in the reading that had me going “wait, what the hell just happened?” It was like some details were skipped and you wonder how the characters got where they were or what was happening just before. To me, I feel that Harris just rushed this one.
Hannibal Rising: This was the last one written in the series, but the first chronologically. I chose this because the character in focus here is in my opinion one of the greatest villains ever created in fiction. I’ve been a fan of the movies for years, and of course watching the TV show Hannibal made me want to see how much was done according to the novels. This review will be brief, but I finally had a chance to read Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter series. Review: Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter book series
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