The book is different from the movie, let me say that. I think the movie focuses on and glorifies Hannibal, while the book is about Clarice. It is not a horror book really, but a mystery-thriller. Really, we discover things along with Clarice, and Hannibal plays a very small part. The author, Thomas Harris, is very good at drawing the reader in and making you feel what Clarice feels. However, this isn’t always such a good thing. As in, I can’t read this book going to bed, and I can’t read it on my own, because it is truly terrifying in parts. Personally, I think Harris went way overboard with descriptions. But I knew the books reputation when I picked it up, so I’m going to move past the whole 'my psyche will never be the same' topic.
Clarice Starling is an investigative agent, and her entire life revolves around her work. A few years before the book takes place, ex psychologist and present-day Serial Killer Hannibal Lector traded her information to aid in catching the murderer 'buffalo bill' in exchange for stories about her child hood. That’s a very important piece of the book; because it showed Clarice things about herself she didn’t know.
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