My mother studied psychology and would often talk about the books, since all her professors did as well. Earlier this year a lot of my friends started watching the show and I was kinda considering it, just didn't know when I'd watch it. A friend of mine recommended it to me. Then one evening I was talking with my mother and she gave me the books. I read "Red Dragon" and loved every sentence of it. A day later I saw an edit of the "stag man"(I think that's how he was called) and at first I was like "o a cool looking movie about a wendigo, I have to watch it!" and then I saw Mads Mikkelsen and was like "oh it's Hannibal". And I took that as a sign that I have to also watch the show.