TBR: "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris

"She is Clarice Starling, young, vulnerable FBI trainee. He is Hannibal Lecter, brilliant, evil genius. There is a mesmerizing struggle between good and evil--designed to stop a killer, and guaranteed to chill your blood."

So reads the back cover of the next book on my To Be Read list The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris.

I could not be more excited to finally dive into this classic 1988 horror/thriller novel. Like most millennials, my introduction to Silence of the Lambs came from seeing the 1991 film of the same title, starring Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins, when I was 13 or 14. And like most 13-year-olds who watched the film, I loved it. It was dark and creepy, and so very 90's - that green coat Clarice wears the whole time is iconic.

Aside from enjoying the movie when I was younger, my love for true crime has recently been rekindled, so of course when I found this at my favorite indie bookstore downtown, I had to add it to my collection.

Overall, The Silence of the Lambs has 4.17  out of 5 stars according to the novel's Goodreads page and a lot of the people on my friends list were not afraid to rate it 5 out of 5. That has me incredibly excited that the novel lives up to the expectations that the movie has set in my mind - however, I am equally excited to see the differences and enjoy it in word form.

Have you read The Silence of the Lambs before, or seen the movie? Did you love it? Hate it?

Let's chat about it!