Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

Started: 5/14/07
Finished: 5/16/07
Year: 2006
Pages: 323
Genre: Horror
Grade: C
Reason for reading: grabbed it off the TBR shelf, have enjoyed the rest of the series
Blurb (from book jacket): "Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck.
"He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.
"Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki.
"Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France.
"But Hannibal's demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn.
"He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in the epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death's prodigy."
Opinion: Eh. A disappointment compared to some of the other books in the series. I'll check out the movie just because I've seen the rest of them but am ready to face the fact that it just won't be as good.