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    Red Dragon
    Red Dragon
    Red Dragon
    Audiobook12 hours

    Red Dragon

    Written by Thomas Harris

    Narrated by Alan Sklar

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls bear witness.

    All hope rests on Special Agent Will Graham, who must peer inside the killer's tortured soul to understand his rage, to anticipate and prevent his next vicious crime. Desperate for help, Graham finds himself locked in a deadly alliance with the brilliant Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the infamous mass murderer who Graham put in prison years ago. As the imprisoned Lecter tightens the reins of revenge, Graham's feverish pursuit of the Red Dragon draws him inside the warped mind of a psychopath, into an unforgettable world of demonic ritual and violence, beyond the limits of human terror.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateFeb 21, 2012
    ISBN9781442353459
    Red Dragon
    Author

    Thomas Harris

    Thomas Harris is the author of best-selling novels including The Silence of the Lambs, Black Sunday, Red Dragon, Hannibal and Hannibal Rising.

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    • 5/5
      Occasional mentions of Lecter, but this is the origin of William Graham. A wonderful entry in the mythos of Hannibal and the world that Thomas Harris has created, and brilliant background for Graham so that once he appears in Silence with Starling you have some basis for his actions and protective nature with the young trainee. Prior to this book and story, I was under the impression that Graham was simply a bit misogynistic and lacking in faith in Starling. I am a lot more understanding now of the incidents that would lead up to Silence and why he would be absolutely averse to speaking with Lecter. Kudos to Mr. Harris.
    • 4/5
      Cool cool cool cool cool :) read it and enjoy
    • 5/5
      The twists with dolarhyde were something else this is such a amazing book i can't wait to read silence of the lambs next!
    • 4/5
      Good book. The narrator does a great job. On to the next book.
    • 4/5
      It was very close to the movie accept it gave more details about dollarhyde
    • 5/5
      This book gave me nightmares. However, it is very hard to put it down. I think that the beauty of Harris' novel is that I really felt compassion for Dolarhyde in this book. He didn't become a monster on his own; his horrible childhood and the people involved in his childhood could take most of the blame. Even in my nightmares I had such empathy for this man.
    • 4/5
      Thomas Harris has introduced audiences to, perhaps, the best serial killer of all time. Hannibal Lecter is a creepy psychotic killer that will get under your skin from the start. I found it interesting that he was used as an almost partner in catching the main killer, the Dragon. Both killers seem original, and it is this dark, gothic story that will have readers craving more.
    • 4/5
      The book started off outstandingly. Rarely do I find a book that I cannot put down and this was one. Unfortunately I found the ending illogical and straight out of a Z-grade slasher film. I felt as if Harris submitted a great draft and his editor kicked it back, telling him to slap on an ending that would make it more appealing to Hollywood Studios. I'm not saying that happened, just an impression. Ironic hw another review said the "Manhunter " movie had a better ending... now I'm fascinated to see that flick!Overall, I would recommend Red Dragon; it really is a great Howcatchum story and perhaps others will enjoy the ending more than I did.
    • 5/5
      It feels different listening to audiobook vs read the book yourself but I enjoy both of them. I Wished I could listen to Silence of the lamb next.
    • 4/5
      3.5 Stars

      This book was everything it promised to be - creepy, thrilling, fast paced - I just couldn't put it down. It was mindblowing. It was scary. I think I will have nightmares for weeks because of this book. But, it didn't meet my expectations.

      I would have gladly given this book five stars - but there was something more that I wanted from it and it failed to deliver. I loved the idea of this book - the whole thing was very, very disturbing. But the writing felt off most of the time. Like the author didn't know how to express this idea in words to do it enough justice. And that was exactly what happened.

      I will definitely stick with this series - the whole concept of Dr. Lecter is enough to blow my mind away.

      Not recommended to the faint of heart.
    • 5/5
      In my opinion his best book. I read this long before Silence came out, a lucky find off the shelves in The Barbican library. Thought it was terrific. Read bits out to my partner in bed who was equally enthralled. One of my top ten favourite books of all time.
    • 5/5
      This was a GREAT story! I think I liked this more than the movie. I loved the backstory of Francis and finding out why he was the monster that he was.
    • 5/5
      I first read this book when I was a teenager, and it scared me; recently, I picked it up again, and it was just as terrifying and delightful as before. Thomas Harris is my hero, and he made me love the villain, and the complexity that one needs to have. Great book that I can't recommend enough. If I could give it 100 stars, I would!!!!!
    • 5/5
      The book by which others are rated.. a relentless stare into the heart of pulp crime fiction and, JUST over the other side...
    • 1/5
      The writer is intelligent but has not taken the time or effort necessary for a published piece of work
      Just a assortment of stray ideas (only 2 or 3 at that ) tacked ip hodgepodge to a bulletin board then calls on readers to draw their own conclusions . Lazy writing - just what the author is accusing conspiracists of .
    • 4/5
      A William Blake painting fuels a killing spree and Dr. Lecter makes his debut. You could choose far worse books to curl up with for some trashy reading time. Surprisingly well written, with decently woven themes inspired by Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience."
    • 5/5
      Thomas Harris is renowned for his ability to create gripping thrillers, and this first look into Hannibal Lecter is certainly no disappointment. It's clear that this was an earlier work of Harris', the voice isn't quite as strong here; but this is still a great suspenseful story of the cat and mouse between law and serial killer, with characters you can really feel.
    • 4/5
      Ah yes -- back when Thomas Harris could write about people other than Hannibal Lector. Also: back when his stories were pretty decent.
    • 5/5
      I actually liked this better than Thomas Harris's other Hannibal Lecter books -- though Silence of the Lambs was excellent also. I really got a sympathetic feeling for both Francis Dolarhyde and Will Graham. Oh, and the movie was good too.
    • 5/5
      very exciting and scary stuff, yet highly intelligent and believable. dont read this at night!
    • 5/5
      Excellent!! I throughly enjoyed this audiobook. I especially liked the in depth look into D something you don’t get from them movie, which I also enjoyed.
    • 5/5
      Great story! It Keeps you guessing until the end!
    • 4/5
      ** spoiler alert ** I've loved the movie version for years, so I finally decided to read the book.The book is somewhat different from the movie. I think that Dolarhyde is more sympathetic in the book at times, but at times he's less sympathetic too. There's a lot more detail about his past, and I find myself pitying him more than I did in the movie. However, his interactions with Reba were rather creepy in the book. She knows exactly who he is when he's about to kill her, which is different from the movie. She also tries to escape in the book (good for her), but is quickly tracked down by Dolarhyde.The biggest change for me was Will. I still enjoy his character, but I feel a lot sorrier for him in the book. The downfall of his marriage is particularly sad, but ultimately more realistic than the rather "feel good" ending of the movie. It makes sense that he and his wife would drift apart because of his work and her return to Oregon. Dolarhyde's disfiguring of Will's face also seems more realistic to me. Will's psychology moves in the movie just didn't seem like they'd work.Overall, I think that I like the movie slightly more, just because I'm shallow and love the actors playing the roles.
    • 5/5
      This book is the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, but alas, it is not the story of Hannibal Lecter as I thought it would be. However, he does have a small role in the story. Mostly it's about the detective who captured Dr. Lecter, and his plight as he tries to figure out who the Red Dragon is and how he chooses the families he's going to slay.If you like a gruesome mystery, I highly recommend it.
    • 2/5
      This book is marginally better than Harris' Silence of the Lambs, but only just. This is an author who writes prose like he's formulating a screenplay--which just doesn't work out in a medium like the novel. I couldn't become attached to any of his characters, and it was a struggle towards the end, forcing myself to slog through chapters just so I could cross the book off my list. Skip Harris' novels. The movies are great, but he's just not cut out to write prose.
    • 4/5
      At the time of this book's publication (and even when the movie Manhunter) was released, the gruesomeness of the crimes depicted were shocking and extreme. Unfortunately, since then, real killers such as Dahmer and BTK make this novel's killer seem less terrible than at the time.However, the book still stands the test of time well. Harris is building up to Silence of the Lambs, which is certainly one of the best novels of its genre. Lecter's character is introduced, and it's a good opening volume in the arc.
    • 5/5
      Great detail better than both movies ever where. Love this book you can go wrong.
    • 5/5
      Red Dragon is a first-rate suspense thriller! I could not put the book down...literally...I read it in one sitting. What a great new voice in the psychological thriller!!
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed this book more when it was Silence of the Lambs. The two novels are very similar in many ways, but Red Dragon feels like a book that was written after SotL's success in that everything is much more pronounced. The crimes are possibly more heinous, the descriptions of the psychopath longer and more gruesome, the interaction of law personnel with the case, especially that of the protagonist, more stark and hopeless. I felt like the two books were written with the same "winning formula" approach, and more enjoyed the more toned-down version in SotL and its increased involvement with Hannibal Lector.
    • 4/5
      Gosh! I read this in about a week, which is quite quick for me at the moment. Kept going through phases where I couldn't put it down at night. This led to some late nights. Very enjoyable read with an engaging story. I didn't find it too frightening although some bits were a bit disturbing. Enjoyed the characters of Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter as well as the back story of the Red Dragon/Tooth Fairy. Will probably read some more of Harris based on this book.