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A review by vandarpapi
Sphere by Michael Crichton
2.0
Sphere featured a fast-paced sequence of the project Unknown Life Form's (ULF) deep-sea exploration for this towering and mysterious spacecraft that must have been abandoned for three hundred years. The team consisted of a psychologist, zoologist, mathematician, astrophysicist, marine biologist, and some US Navy staff members, all investigating the behaviour of this impenetrable object.
Michael Crichton is the kind of author who gathers his details scrupulously; someone who assimilated his extensive research on different fields or disciplines. As such, he constructed some detailed and thrilling novels that are really worthy of a movie adaptation and with numerous dialogues running around the story. While I'm not head over heels about it, the novel still hooks me up with its easy-to-follow chronology and occasional humour.
However, my biggest concern from the novel – which is evident upon the latter half of it – there were scenes that showed exploitations and discriminations from the nature of characters. Something about the portrayal of feminism had left me feeling uncomfortable, as it came out a bit misogynistic until the end. That had thrown me off of my seat, as these thrilling moments could have been more engaging if it wasn't for this strange and questionable perspective.
2.5 ⭐️ (04/13/24)
Michael Crichton is the kind of author who gathers his details scrupulously; someone who assimilated his extensive research on different fields or disciplines. As such, he constructed some detailed and thrilling novels that are really worthy of a movie adaptation and with numerous dialogues running around the story. While I'm not head over heels about it, the novel still hooks me up with its easy-to-follow chronology and occasional humour.
However, my biggest concern from the novel – which is evident upon the latter half of it – there were scenes that showed exploitations and discriminations from the nature of characters. Something about the portrayal of feminism had left me feeling uncomfortable, as it came out a bit misogynistic until the end. That had thrown me off of my seat, as these thrilling moments could have been more engaging if it wasn't for this strange and questionable perspective.
2.5 ⭐️ (04/13/24)