Red Dragon - Thomas Harris Reviews

Having been injured in the line of duty whilst capturing Hannibal Lector, Will Graham has retired to Florida to get away from it. When a new and gruesome killer strikes twice, it leaves the FBI's director Jack Crawford no choice but to convince Graham to help them on the case. The only help he can manage is to talk to his old enemy and using his ...  Read the complete review

For some reason, this book doesn't seem to be as popular/widely know as the others in the series, don't let that put you off! In my opinion this is by far the best book in the Hannibal Lecter series. This is the first Thomas Harris book which features Dr. Lecter and has by far the best storyline. If you liked Silence of the ...  Read the complete review

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris is one of those books I'll pick up every now and again to have a re-read of. Even though it's a bit of a crime thriller, it's such an interesting and eventful book that it's interesting to read even when you know how it's going to end. Most people will already be slightly familiar with the storyline ...  Read the complete review

Thomas Harris, the Author of the Hannibal Lecter ?trilogy? (I use the term trilogy loosely, as it is only really The Silence Of The Lambs, and Hannibal, that he actually plays a far greater role, even though in this novel, his presence is small, yet powerful). He is an author that I had not really heard much about until I was about 16, and ...  Read the complete review

"Red Dragon" is surprisingly good. After Ridley Scott's camp "Hannibal" and Jonathan Demme's gothic "Silence of the Lambs" I was expecting to be entertained but nothing beyond that. "Red Dragon" apart from a few minor problems is entertaining and has a great story. The film in terms of visuals is ...  Read the complete review

Ever wanted to get in the mind of a serial killer? Will Graham doesn't. Which is a shame, because it's his job, and he's frighteningly good at it. Okay. Enough of the promotional blurb-style writing. It was just the intro. I haven't written a book opinion for ages, so let me warm up, okay? Most people only ...  Read the complete review

Red Dragon is the first Thomas Harris novel to feature Hannibal Lecter, the others being Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. This novel is widely overlooked, and it is often thought that the Silence of the Lambs is the first (I thought the same until it was pointed out to me by another dooyoo user.) book to feature Lecter. However, this is probably ...  Read the complete review

Red Dragon was the first book in what was to become the 'Hanibal Trilogy'. In this book, we are introduced to many of the characters associated with Hanibal Lectar. There is the canibal himself, Will Graham, the detective who caught Lectar and Jack Crawford, head of behavioural sciences at the FBI. The book starts with Will Graham ...  Read the complete review

Red Dragon is a novel by Thomas Harris, the author of the infamous "Silence of the Lambs". Contrary to popular opinion, I believe that this book, Red Dragon, is far better than the better known story. Red Dragon concerns the activities of a psychopath who is murdering entire families in an action that appears to have no motive. ...  Read the complete review

They say that confession is good for the soul. So, - Allow me to confess right now, that I have not read Red Dragon for at least . . . six months! It’s hard to believe that it is that long as, since I first bought it, back in the early 1980’s, hardly two months have gone past, till I’ve had a strong compulsion to read ...  Read the complete review

This book, by Thomas Harris, is probably one of the scariest, most graphic books I have ever read. It's a thriller from the beginning right through to the end. The setting is modern day in Virginia. The Red Dragon is the prequal to The Silence of the Lambs and the detective, Will Graham, is asked to come back to the F.B.I for this ...  Read the complete review

This is an excellent book, once I started I just couldn`t put it down until it was all over. It starts with a family being murdered, watch out there is a serial killer about. The need to get into the eyes of the murdered was put to an ex phychologist, reluctently he accepts and starts the search for the serial killer, during the search ...  Read the complete review

This book introduces us to Hannibal Lector for the first time,in what is a far superior story than Silence of the Lambs. There is a serial killer out there and he kills families,Jack Crawford,FBI,(The agent in charge on the silence of the lambs case), enlists the help of Will Graham, a retired civilian specialist who gets into the mind of the ...  Read the complete review