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michellefleming33 's review for:
Congo
by Michael Crichton
This was my first Michael Crichton book and it was awesome to say the least!!!
It was definitely a page turner and now I'm hooked on his style of writing.
This story was very interesting to me. The only reason I did not give this book a 5-star rating was because at times the technology references were kind of a bore and snoozefest, but otherwise I would recommend this book to people! I also loved the fact that a lot of the technology, some of the parts that I could actually understand, incoorperated X-rays! Woo-hoo for radiology!! The use of digital imaging to sensitize the earth and find out where a secret lost city was truly amazing.
I loved the story when it focused more on Amy and the other gorillas. I wished it would have ended differently; the entire scenario was very scary and it made me mad at my own human race for trying to interfere with Mother nature.
Well, Mother nature overruled and was like "nuh uh honey you better sit your ass down!" I loved that the volcano erupted and buried the blue diamonds under a mile's worth of lava never to be found again. I hate that Amy ended up leaving, but was also happy for her at the same time.
I like how this book was based on a true story and gave me more insight on the wacky and sometimes cruel things that the government is really investing in.
It's scary to think that we were "that close" to having the ability to turn our lives, choices, brains, and actions over to computers. They would have ruled the world! It literally would have been H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
I hate how Karen Ross tried to justify her actions by say that we have always turned our intelligence over to other things because we got bored with it, i.e. pocket calculator or an oxen plowing the field. Um,...what? That totally does NOT justify computers ruling the world or destroying natural habitats for a new species of gorillas.
Overall, this book was excellent! Unfortunately at times the tech savvy talk got to me and was the ultimate reason for it only being a 4-star. A very high 4-star, maybe even a 4.5-star in my book.
Quote I liked:
"S.D.T.A.G.W. Some Damn Thing Always Goes Wrong"
"It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important."
"No one escapes from life alive."
"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct."
It was definitely a page turner and now I'm hooked on his style of writing.
This story was very interesting to me. The only reason I did not give this book a 5-star rating was because at times the technology references were kind of a bore and snoozefest, but otherwise I would recommend this book to people! I also loved the fact that a lot of the technology, some of the parts that I could actually understand, incoorperated X-rays! Woo-hoo for radiology!! The use of digital imaging to sensitize the earth and find out where a secret lost city was truly amazing.
I loved the story when it focused more on Amy and the other gorillas. I wished it would have ended differently; the entire scenario was very scary and it made me mad at my own human race for trying to interfere with Mother nature.
Well, Mother nature overruled and was like "nuh uh honey you better sit your ass down!" I loved that the volcano erupted and buried the blue diamonds under a mile's worth of lava never to be found again. I hate that Amy ended up leaving, but was also happy for her at the same time.
I like how this book was based on a true story and gave me more insight on the wacky and sometimes cruel things that the government is really investing in.
It's scary to think that we were "that close" to having the ability to turn our lives, choices, brains, and actions over to computers. They would have ruled the world! It literally would have been H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
I hate how Karen Ross tried to justify her actions by say that we have always turned our intelligence over to other things because we got bored with it, i.e. pocket calculator or an oxen plowing the field. Um,...what? That totally does NOT justify computers ruling the world or destroying natural habitats for a new species of gorillas.
Overall, this book was excellent! Unfortunately at times the tech savvy talk got to me and was the ultimate reason for it only being a 4-star. A very high 4-star, maybe even a 4.5-star in my book.
Quote I liked:
"S.D.T.A.G.W. Some Damn Thing Always Goes Wrong"
"It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important."
"No one escapes from life alive."
"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct."