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Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood
Minor: Sexism
A cautionary tale about the dangers of genetic engineering: Jurassic Park thrills and terrifies its characters and readers alike when dinosaurs are genetically cloned and recreated in the modern world and those in charge of the park overestimate their ability to control them.
I loved the movie and finally decided to pick up the book, which I enjoyed just as much. It was a fun time picking out which parts of the novel were used in the movies! I also really enjoyed the more in-depth science talk in the book that we missed out on in the movie. It was still digestible for the average reader and fun to think about. The encounters with the dinosaurs felt harrowing and easily my favorite scenes to read.
The book is plot-driven first and foremost. It’s slow in the beginning with frequent jumps from character to character as events take place, putting the reader at the forefront of the action wherever it is. The characters were introduced fairly quickly with brief glimpses into their lives before going to the park. However, the characters do come off as somewhat one-dimensional with no big changes in who they are by the time the story is over. The likable characters were still very likable by the end, and when the unlikeable characters didn’t make it, I wasn’t too heartbroken over their deaths.
I’ll also say that the book is of its time, and I was cringing at some descriptions and actions of the characters as I read, but it didn’t ruin the overall experience of the book.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood
Moderate: Sexism, Violence
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Vomit
Edit (20/04/2025): I’m adding a rating of 5/5 to reflect my long term feelings on this novel.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Fatphobia, Gun violence
Minor: Sexism, Colonisation
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence
Minor: Sexism
Although some things aged hilariously to me. Like Malcom saying things like, if you made a billion dollars, you'd know you'd have to pay taxes on it. Or, if your pharmaceutical company made a drug that saved people's lives, the government would never let you charge people $1,000-$2,000 dollars for it.
As someone who recently picked up two prescriptions with a cash price of nearly $1,500, maybe a world where that's unthinkable, but is also about to be overrun with dinosaurs, is still slightly preferable to ours lol
At any rate, I'm definitely going to pick up more Michael Crichton, if his others are as good as this one!
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail