Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

13 reviews

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

love me some anti-capitalist critique in fiction. really glad they didn’t make lex 8 years old or so damn annoying in the movie. was also interesting to see the choices in what things worked between book and movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Misogyny

readingsofaslinky's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fatphobia, Body horror, Animal death, Misogyny, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Stalking, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Misogyny, Racism, Classism, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

jacob_dion's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Death, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Misogyny

kitsunbae'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Jurassic Park is a thoroughly enjoyable read. For those who adored the films, the book will bring even more tension, adventure and mystery to the series. 

I've always loved dinosaurs growing up, and as such, I loved the films. However, the book brings my love to a whole new level. The book hosts darker, tension-packed scenes that the film lacked. The backstory of InGen shows the total lack of care for the public and the greed of those in power. All they want is money, fame, and more money. Hammond himself is shown to be a crueler man than his film counterpart. 

I grew to care for most of the cast, some more than I expected, and the teamwork they display trying to survive a hellscape is honestly next level. The tension is so thick I couldn't put the book down! There were so many differences to that of the film that I was left wondering what would happen next even though I'd seen the films countless times. 

Overall, I loved this book. It was intense, dark, funny in its own way, and gave me a fear of dinosaurs I didn't have before. Crichton really conveys just how animalistic dinosaurs would have been. They'd be lead by nothing but instinct. It's haunting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Medical content, and Excrement

There is harm to animals and harm done by animals

geilie's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Classism, and Excrement

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

4.25

3am review:

thoroughly enjoyed this. 

in some aspects, I prefer the movies to the book - especially in terms of the characters. they had more personality in the films. ellie sattler was written in a misogynistic manner and I appreciate how laura dern brought some life into the character. (and I also like how present she was in the movie. she was not entirely important in the text). after reading this, I can only assume crichton is a little misogynistic - it seems like the 2 female characters were throwaways compared to the endless men who had much more to offer other than their long, tanned legs, cutoff shorts, and tiny, delicate, womanly hands. 

I loved the story. the writing was very plain yet engaging at the same time - I wasn’t quite bored of the language because the story itself was so compelling I just kept turning page after page without any problem. for the most part, I prefer the story in the book (excluding the lost world - I haven’t read that yet) to that in the film. I do think that the film is an excellent adaptation despite the discrepancies.  

ian malcom genuinely seemed like a self-insert at times. his final speech at the end of the book about how the earth will be fine in spite of humanity (which I agree with - life will always find a way and even though some humans act in a parasitic manner, the earth will thrive, with or without us. we may mess with our own future, but long after we are gone, the earth will rebuild herself and be okay.) seemed to reveal personal bias from crichton. I agreed with practically everything up until ian malcom said we simply shouldn’t care about the environment because at the end of the day, the earth will prevail….I think it’s a bit of a twisted view considering what happened in the book …not to mention my personal gripes with that statement (although I believe the earth will be fine in spite of us, we should still nurture her as the temporary caretakers). idk, it just makes me wonder what crichton felt about that particular situation. that statement felt so weird.

story: 5/5
characters: 2/5
writing: 3/5 
nostalgia: 27823/5 🦖

*jurassic park theme intensifies*

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Gore, Vomit, Child death, and Medical content

loongbooy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Hammond was already annoying in the movie but jesus christ is he annoying in the book, it was still a very good book. 

genuinely the only not main cast person I cared for was Muldoon and if he died I think I would've cried

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Fatphobia

Moderate: Misogyny

julianavaz's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Xenophobia, Cursing, and Excrement