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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

6 reviews

flygon'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit

_bookish_bee_extraordinary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I liked this book much more than the movies... It had much more excitement and build up of emotions. I felt as though I was more engaged in the scenarios - the depth and detail that went into this book was amazing. Not only this but the dinosaurs' true identities are profoundly exhibited - they are not perpetrated as what many think them to have been (terrifying animals that once roamed the earth 65 million years ago) but as what they were (much like the animals that are around today).

When reading this book I truly wondered if all prospects could happen I real life. The wonder of it all really hit me. However, so did reality - our world could never comprehend or live alongside that of the Jurassic! 

Would I recommend?
Yes. 
16/18+ 
Due to depth of deaths and some rather complex theories being explained. 

Would I read the second book - The Lost World ? Definately.

Would I read more books by this author? 
Yes.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcoholism

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Sexism

Minor: Excrement, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

laurenleigh's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

Read this for the PopSugar 2021 challenge as my “90’s bestseller!” For the most part, it was totally fun and exciting. Even having seen the movie, knowing what’s going to happen, this was enjoyable. I mean, everyone who read this book probably knew what was going to happen anyway. A remote island full of velociraptors and a T-Rex? Where everyone keeps saying it’s 100% safe and under control? What could go wrong?? What I didn’t love, of course, was the majorly white straight male cast with the token minority (who doesn’t survive) and the inherent sexism. One female character only, and one of her main plot points is that she wears shorts! Wow! Also holy cow the little girl Lex was ridiculously annoying in the book. I don’t remember her being so insufferable in the movie. At times it felt like this was written by a frustrated adolescent conputer geek boy who hates his sister, lol. What I did enjoy most here was somewhat lost in the movie: the discussion of scientific progress in our modern world, including its limits and drawbacks. It’s certainly a theme in the movie, but the book gets to spend more time on this topic. I really enjoyed Jeff Goldblum’s–I mean, Ian Malcom’s discussion of chaos theory especially.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Death

Minor: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, and Animal death

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Sexism

dsaiz's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Body shaming

Minor: Alcoholism, Dementia, Grief, Misogyny, and Racism