Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Prey by Michael Crichton

7 reviews

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I was hoping for either more action, or better developed characters, but this was an otherwise solid sci-fi that wrapped up nicely at the end. I prefer a slightly less definitive ending but I know a lot of people like a more resolved feeling.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident

seagullsaga's review

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Medical content, Infidelity, and Body horror

Moderate: Car accident

rockyc5's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

My first time reading Crichton. Very sciency science fiction, but I feel like I learned something while being kept on the edge of my seat. I could picture the whole book like a great scifi horror action thriller movie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Car accident and Infidelity

cola410's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Animal death

Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, and Car accident

zendthyl's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Car accident

To elaborate on content warnings:

Death and body horror are pretty self explanatory here. Animal death: A rabbit is killed and its dead body is described in detail. Child abuse: There is a scene where a mother gets frustrated while changing a baby and hits the baby repeatedly on the legs. This is kind of glossed over by the narrative and never brought up again. Car accident: a character drives over a cliff off page. They survive but are injured. We see the aftermath but not in graphic detail. Drug use/abuse: no drugs are actually used but several characters suggest that erratic behaviour and changes in temperament in two of the main cast are caused by covert drug use

wheety_rae's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A bit explain-y (this novel has a bibliography and I now know much more than I care to about distributed intelligence). Was a bit slow until a little under the 30% mark, but really picked up until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Car accident