perthalus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Velociraptors are fucking terrifying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Body horror
Minor: Colonisation and Sexism
m_liz's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Animal death
Minor: Sexism
sarasreading's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
First time reading this since I was like 14, and it was a totally enjoyable ride. I took it on a camping trip and couldn't put it down. As an adult I enjoyed the philosophical and ethical discussions, more than the first time I'm sure.
Although some things aged hilariously to me. Like Malcom saying things like, if you made a billion dollars, you'd know you'd have to pay taxes on it. Or, if your pharmaceutical company made a drug that saved people's lives, the government would never let you charge people $1,000-$2,000 dollars for it.
As someone who recently picked up two prescriptions with a cash price of nearly $1,500, maybe a world where that's unthinkable, but is also about to be overrun with dinosaurs, is still slightly preferable to ours lol
At any rate, I'm definitely going to pick up more Michael Crichton, if his others are as good as this one!
Although some things aged hilariously to me. Like Malcom saying things like, if you made a billion dollars, you'd know you'd have to pay taxes on it. Or, if your pharmaceutical company made a drug that saved people's lives, the government would never let you charge people $1,000-$2,000 dollars for it.
As someone who recently picked up two prescriptions with a cash price of nearly $1,500, maybe a world where that's unthinkable, but is also about to be overrun with dinosaurs, is still slightly preferable to ours lol
At any rate, I'm definitely going to pick up more Michael Crichton, if his others are as good as this one!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood
rocco501st's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
kier26's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Gore, and Vomit
rayabook's review
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Blood, and Gore
nathalieisg's review
adventurous
dark
tense
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? It's complicated
4.25
A classic! Adventure, more gore than I expected and lots of science talk that seems to have withstood the test of time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Child death
dwhiting's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
frogreads_'s review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The first third of the book was really hard for me to get through (months, i found it boring/didnt want to read it) but once the action starts its a hard book to put down. It was really intense.
I didnt really care too much about anyone other than Dr Grant and the dinosaurs. Everyone does some good ironic monologuing before their time comes and that was also interesting to see
I didnt really care too much about anyone other than Dr Grant and the dinosaurs. Everyone does some good ironic monologuing before their time comes and that was also interesting to see
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Spoiler
a lot of people get chewed uptargrhaegar's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Very scary.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail