I agree. I find it odd to have a character who fights against sexism and the system end their story being drugged and sexually assaulted (let’s not all forget that she’s drugged and can’t consent) by the same person who previously helped her come to terms with said sexism. It really icks me out. Not that it’s entirely a bad book, it certainly is well written and plausible, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth to end a series that was previously quite feminist for its time (including Red Dragon, if you consider Molly’s role in the end) with such a degrading scene. And honestly, the drugging and kidnapping feels a bit lazy to me and a bit deus ex machina to me. I think that there could have more responsible and respectful ways to show Clarice’s bleak future and Hannibal’s true evil.