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I have read all of the books, and while I must say that at first I hated Hannibal, I think that was just because I had built it up too much in my mind. It was a highly anticipated novel, and I don't think that it could ever have been good enough to live up to the hype. Kind of like the Star Wars prequels, and the last Dark Tower books. If a long time goes between installments in a series, people get all of these ideas in their heads about what they think the book should be. About what they want to happen. But they are not the author, and the author's vision is very often vastly different. So people get disappointed. I am positive that the same thing will happen with the end of the Harry Potter series. It will be impossible for it to live up to people's expectations.
Go back and reread Hannibal. It is much more enjoyable the second go around, especially if you've already got it in your head not to expect a great novel. The truth is you find that it is. Not as great as the first two, IMHO, but a damn good book. It is much more cerebral than the first two. You get inside Hannibal's head a bit and get to learn his motivations and weaknesses. That is an underrated thing these days, because people want ACTION ACTION ACTION! There is more to it than that. The movie did it a grand injustice.
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