teaxmillions's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Minor: Medical content
iono's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Blood, Gore, and Medical content
suneaters's review
- 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
5.0
Spoiler
his death felt very contrived, I won’t say it bothered me much. Lex and Tim in the movie was clearly just Tim split in half, which was wise since Lex in the novel would annoy moviegoers. The movie lawyer is clearly Ed Regis without much Gennaro at all. Shame we didn’t get baby Rexy in the film or the velociraptor nest or the deal with the juvenile velociraptors on the ship. There’s a lot that was lost. The hunter survives, Malcolm dies, the lawyer lives, and there’s a lot of interesting dynamics between the characters.Graphic: Death, Violence, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Fatphobia, Medical content, and Sexism
hylian_narwhal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Medical content, and Excrement
There is harm to animals and harm done by animalsmadmichele's review
4.25
thoroughly enjoyed this.
in some aspects, I prefer the movies to the book - especially in terms of the characters. they had more personality in the films. ellie sattler was written in a misogynistic manner and I appreciate how laura dern brought some life into the character. (and I also like how present she was in the movie. she was not entirely important in the text). after reading this, I can only assume crichton is a little misogynistic - it seems like the 2 female characters were throwaways compared to the endless men who had much more to offer other than their long, tanned legs, cutoff shorts, and tiny, delicate, womanly hands.
I loved the story. the writing was very plain yet engaging at the same time - I wasn’t quite bored of the language because the story itself was so compelling I just kept turning page after page without any problem. for the most part, I prefer the story in the book (excluding the lost world - I haven’t read that yet) to that in the film. I do think that the film is an excellent adaptation despite the discrepancies.
Spoiler
ian malcom genuinely seemed like a self-insert at times. his final speech at the end of the book about how the earth will be fine in spite of humanity (which I agree with - life will always find a way and even though some humans act in a parasitic manner, the earth will thrive, with or without us. we may mess with our own future, but long after we are gone, the earth will rebuild herself and be okay.) seemed to reveal personal bias from crichton. I agreed with practically everything up until ian malcom said we simply shouldn’t care about the environment because at the end of the day, the earth will prevail….I think it’s a bit of a twisted view considering what happened in the book …not to mention my personal gripes with that statement (although I believe the earth will be fine in spite of us, we should still nurture her as the temporary caretakers). idk, it just makes me wonder what crichton felt about that particular situation. that statement felt so weird.story: 5/5
characters: 2/5
writing: 3/5
nostalgia: 27823/5 🦖
*jurassic park theme intensifies*
Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Animal death, and Death
Minor: Gore, Vomit, Child death, and Medical content
m0usey's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Medical content
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Medical content and Sexism
Minor: Excrement, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Fatphobia
thomas_wright's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
great story its interesting to see what was missing from the first jurassic park movie adaptation
naturally the book's better more character development cirten characters who survive in the movie adaptation do not in the book so it makes me wonder what's different from the next book and its movie adaptation
Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Animal death
daisychainreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Gore, Cursing, Car accident, and Animal death
Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Vomit