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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

28 reviews

rgrace2008's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

An amazing thrilling book to read. The characters are written in a way that can make me feel sympathy for all most all of them and it was impossible to put the book down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Death

Minor: Vomit and Child 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Gore, and Vomit

buggieop's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Sexism

jacob_dion's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Misogyny

kittycatlover's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Greatest book ever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Vomit

esslesmcgee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Body horror, Excrement, and Violence

Minor: Confinement

kfquarium's review

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Cursing

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, and Vomit

kittycatlover's review

dark funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Car accident

omair's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

As a classic, and the book that led to my childhood love of reading, Jurassic Park will always hold a special place for me. But returning to a story that has spawned the multi-billion dollar franchise does reveal some flaws. Copious amounts of technobabble contracted by characters with much unexplored depth. Little ambiguity in the character personalities leading to short, if at all existent, character arcs. The shift in the pace between the middle-third and final-third. These are all places one might find lacking.

If one can look past those and similar shortcomings, there is brilliance in the work. The vivid descriptions of movement and scenes, the blending of facts and fictitious science to sell a wholly believable concept out of the impossible. The grounded reactions and plausible heroism, the characters never feel larger than life, allowing the focus to remain on the interactions and to frenetically advance the story, with your heart and mind reaching for the next page with a sense of impending doom. But the thrill of the chase never grows too desperate leaving one time to reflect on the actions. There's very few paragraphs that cannot be fully dressed up in one's imagination, a feat so important to making the world feel so tangible, and that is the true genius of the book.

So strap in for a heck of a ride, even if you've seen the movie already, and welcome to Jurassic Park.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Cursing and Animal death

Minor: Vomit and Child death

geilie's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Classism, and Excrement