Hannibal

A new character has been introduced, Mason, was obviously a victim of some sort of accident. Was in Hannibal? Mason is a severely deformed character, the need for a respirator and a goggles that wet his eye for him. He is missing an eyelid, could Hannibal have been so merciless as to have eaten an eyelid? Gross. It is apparent that Mason has interest in Hannibal, he is also a very rich and powerful person. He apparently calls into the mayors office and orders a stop to the impending investigation of Clarice Starling. He is also aware of the letter Hannibal sent to Starling, he somehow found and read it. I believe that Mason plans to use Starling as bait to capture Hannibal.

Hannibal

Clarice Starling is living in a state of constant regret, if not depression. She is being harassed by the media and feeling inadequit when she gets a letter from Hannibal Lecture. Hannibal once was a therapist and in his letter he adress's her issues. He has her do excersises to help her feel better about herself. He minds her of what her parents actually did, and shows her that she has in no way failed them. Her mother cleaned houses and her father was a night shift officer, they were no where close to being as high ranked as her, a field agent in the FBI.

Hannibal By Thomas Harris

I am now reading "Hannibal" by Thomas Harris. I am not very far in it, we haven't been introduced to Hannibal yet. So far in the story we have been following FBI agent Clarice Starling, she has just been on a drug bust and killed a woman (drug lord) who was holding a baby. The public is very upset, because of the pictures taken showing Agent Starling killing the woman holding her baby. The public is unaware of the words said or the other agents killed by the woman. The woman also shot before Agent Starling fired, she was hit in the ear.

Mary, Mary

So far out of the past two books i have read by James Patterson there has been one common theme, revenge. In "The Big Bad Wolf" the revenge wasn't until the end when the actual Wolf killed all the men trying to turn him in. In "the Big Bad Wolf," there was also a husband who betrayed his wife. In "Mary, Mary" this also happens, is this because the author feels like he was betrayed in his past by his wife? Or maybe James Patterson feels that many relationships are derived from deceit and lies. This would explain the many twists and failed relationships.

Mary, Mary

So I finished "Mary, Mary" by James Patterson, and like many of his other books the last few chapters are full of unexpected twists. Mary Smith, the author of the emails, has struck again. This time instead of killing a movie star 'she' kills the person she had been sending the emails to. The killer, The Storyteller as he calls himself, planned for this to be the end of his story. The killer is so addicted to the thrill of killing he is unable to stop, though he stops leaving his 'signature.' The woman going by the name Mary Smith had already been caught, and was believed to be the killer because of the evidence left behind.