katyanne315 's review for:

Congo by Michael Crichton
4.0

I know if I want a good read I look to Crichton. Now going into this book I already knew the plot, the setting, literally everything since it was a childhood favorite movie. I DO love this book but at the same time I think watching the movie first killed the first half of the book for me. I LOVE the way Crichton writes, but I found myself bored in the beginning with all the small details of how and why they were going to the Congo. I do know it is essential to the story, so I don’t blame him. I blame me.

I will say sometimes reading for a bit confusing. Like where it would skip to past tense but also be in the moment. It would throw me off from time to time.

All together it’s a classic and I always enjoy a classic.