Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

112 reviews

flooooo's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Gore

astareads's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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

5.0

Based on how how I usually like my books more character-heavy, you'd think I wouldn't have enjoyed this one as much as I did. However, since there's also a good amount of simplified science, I ate this one up with the same enthusiasm I did Project Hail Mary a year ago.

My biggest grievance with the story was the undeserved demise of Ian Malcolm and all the raptors that just wanted to have a good time and make some raptor babies.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Animal death, Violence, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Dementia and Medical content

thomasdj's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Gun violence

hflh's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

Some frustrating inconsistencies for me, but a solid book. Straightforward, exciting, and sometimes gruesome. Would read again. 

Some readers will be turned off by scientific rambling on topics from ecology to computer science; printed graphs of computer screens and lines of code; and several cautionary, moralizing monologues about scientific progress. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, Alcohol, Sexism, and Vomit

breamfish1138's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Ahh, sweet man made horrors beyond my comprehension (that taught me more about science and maths than several years of GCSE study)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child death, Violence, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Animal death, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Cursing and Alcohol

Absolutely one of the most hard-core, bloody, traumatising books I've read in ages. Don't let Spielberg fool you. Here's some examples:

A man gets blinded by acid, disembowled and has his head eaten by a Dilophosaurus

Multiple people get horrifically mutilated and killed by raptors

Actual infant consumption

So yeah don't say I didn't warn you lol.

kaylasbewks's review against another edition

tense fast-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? No

5.0

cawpile ,, 9.14

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Fatphobia and Sexism

aliciagriggs's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

5.0

Gripping and suspenseful, I found myself whizzing through this book. I am a huge fan of the Jurassic Park movie, and was surprised (though I shouldn't have been) by how different the book was!
Update: increased to 5-stars because I was determined to judge on its own merit, not on the film. It's a great book!
The style of writing, now I've read it a second time, reminds me of Goosebumps...but a lot more gruesome, of course.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

rosieholmes99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is my all time favourite book! although it has its flaws I find myself repeatedly coming back to it regardless of my mood. I find it’s perfect to get me out of a reading slump. It has a good amount of science integral to the storyline that makes recreating dinosaurs believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty

sparanoidx's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A good read for anyone who loves the movies. But be warned, absolutely different from the movies. You will find the book much more darker and tense than what the movies depicted. As someone who gets frustrated from movies not adhering to books - this one didn't anger me. It's just another source material for the World of Jurassic Park. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

nadalien's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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