Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

18 reviews

ryannyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

A very suitable sequel to the Jurassic Park novel. While Crichton wrote this book primarily due to the first film's success, it holds up pretty well on its own. The ending felt slightly rushed and/or lackluster compared to the first book, but that might just be me. Other than that, a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood

arianna9's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A

4.75

-.25 Malcolm rambles. It can be boring. It was the same way in the first book. Malcolm would ramble on for pages. 
This book is not for people without a high school education. A real 21st-century education. You should have at least taken high school biology or physics to understand what's in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

mollyrex's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

rosieholmes99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Excrement and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny

readerette's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Grade-A sci fi thriller that nearly completely stands the test of time. Recently having rewatched the movie, the book is better--more believable and no "pause for dramatic one-liner" moments. (But the movie is still fun.) 

Bad guys get their just desserts. Women characters are strong and smart and can be just as badass as the men. Plus all the chaos theory stuff makes it philosophical in a way, which is a neat touch. 

There are a couple of scenes where characters do or say something that doesn't fit particularly well with who they are, and some mildly unbelievable physical feats, but nothing that made me want to stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

metalgeartofu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The first Jurassic Park was great as a novel and even better as a movie. The Lost World was mediocre as a movie but pretty good as a novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

robbiehuman's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

ginbat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

Same flaws as the first book, but same draw too. Overall I enjoyed it, even more than the first I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Excrement, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, and Car accident

Like first book, dinos kill and are killed, lots of blood, gore, etc. described

rowiash's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Last time I was sick, I read The DaVinci Code. This time, I wanted an equally “smarty pants uses smarts to outsmart everything” adventure, and this scratched that itch. I have only vague memories of the movie but could still tell there were massive deviations from the book. Very enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Gore

separatedhats's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Car accident, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny