I just finished the current NY. Times #6 best-seller, and it was a little less than memorable. (I promise: no spoilers . . . )This is basically a fleshing out of the young life of America's favorite cannibal, Hannibal Lecter. Supposedly, you're going to get the straight story on why he does what he does.
If you read the last book, you already have a pretty good idea about what happened to raise the mania that is the good doctor's trademark. In short, "Hannibal Rising" really crosses very little new ground.
Overall, I found this book to be pretty flat. Much of the text comes off as these back-story scenes -- possibly cut from other titles -- strung together with really forgettable conversations and boring "action" sequences.
If you're a fan of the franchise, skip this one and wait for the movie (coming in about a month).
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