jmarrier27 's review for:

Congo by Michael Crichton

3.0

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As someone fluent in ASL, I loved the sign language using gorillas but that’s pretty much it. I’ve read a few Crichton books and this one was the least satisfying in my opinion. You can tell how much research went in to this book but it just felt poorly executed. It started strong with believable science but ultimately led to a contrived and predictable climax. I feel that Crichton tried adding too much in (cannibals, volcanoes, crocodiles, etc) and should’ve focused more on believability. I guess every great author has to have one rough book.