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deebee223's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-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? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gun violence, Death, Blood, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Genocide, Cannibalism, Colonisation, War, and Excrement
bookbrig's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
I loved this so much as a teen, and my strongest memories of reading it then are Amy. Rereading as an adult was interesting. Parts of the story held up to my memories and others were a bit like entering a weird time capsule. It was extra odd to go from reading Karen as hopelessly grown-up to a kid in their first career, and honestly it's kind of fun to reread just for the new lens my personal changed experiences.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
meganpbennett's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Congo is an interesting Micheal Crichton novel, though it has a very slow start from the prologue to them arriving in Zaire. Not just slow, but, boring slow. It's very much an infodump about the technology and history. There's far too much emphasis on the history of exploration of the area of Africa where they are, and it's hard to tell what's real from historical accounts and what was made up by Crichton for the plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Misogyny
Moderate: Cannibalism and Excrement
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