Reviews with content warning for Animal cruelty - Jurassic Park

One of the few books where I’d actually say the movie is better. While I really enjoyed reading this, it was a bit slow and meandering for me. But other than that it was great! The characters are realistic, the plot is engaging and fun, and the message is loud and clear.

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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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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adventurous 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? No

4.0

Jurassic Park is a very solid science fiction novel, one that walks the very fine line between Science Fiction and Horror, something that Michael Crichton did remarkably well.

Like a lot of Crichton novels, all of the things happening at the beginning of the book, before the plot really kicks in, are important. The mysterious reptile bites, the lizard that looks like a dinosaur, the paleontologist in Montana, stuff like that.

Jurassic Park is wonderful example of science and money going far far too far. Recreating dinosaurs through incomplete DNA and making them into a theme park, like a zoo, with no thought as to what would happen should disaster strike. And disaster does strike, with several things happening at the same time - corporate espionage, a massive thunderstorm, and conclusive evidence that there are far far more dinosaurs in Jurassic Park than expected - catching everyone on the island in a fight or flight for their lives.

I remember reading Jurassic Park a few years ago, and it holds up remarkably well on a re-read. I did not like the grandchildren, and thought that they took away from the story. Especially since all they do is complain and cause problems. Compared to the grandchildren, Malcolm was a wonderful character (he's also very right and people should take him seriously).

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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? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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adventurous fast-paced

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

3.75

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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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