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bookycnidaria's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death
alyshapowe11's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
foolishfish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
itsbaberuthless'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? It's complicated
4.5
4.5 because in a book about dinosaurs there sure was a lot of misogyny and fat shaming.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Medical content
quirkko24's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
soyabeanos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
hannschwarz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
bechlette47's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Excrement and Vomit
parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Classism
parkerpng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The overall theme of this book is about how nature cannot be controlled, and chaos will ensue when humans try to do so. The mathematician, Malcolm, served as narrative exposition for much of these themes.
The other characters include a paleontologist, a plant expert, an engineer, a computer scientist, a a lawyer, a lunatic rich man and his two grandchildren.
Hammond, the rich man, is a distinctly selfish and evil human. All he cares about is profit, and creating something nobody has done before. He ignores all warnings and throws many people into danger without acknowledging the possibility that it can and will be his fault.
Grant, the palaeontologist, and the children Tim and Lex are a big focus of this book, being the more innocent characters, who experience a good chunk of the drama firsthand. Their wit and bravery (well, maybe not Lex) allows them to overcome any obstacle in their way.
I think that for when this book was written, they managed to paint a pretty good picture of the dinosaurs. We’re always making new discoveries, so I kept that in mind whenever they described the T-Tex as having “leathery skin” or the compys being “yellow with black spots”. The drama is well built up and hits like a truck, relentless and constant.
A lot of the other characters are decently written, and are best experienced by reading for yourself.
I think the ending is fine.
This was a book I looked forward to picking up every day. It was a lot of fun to read. Although it felt really long too. Perhaps I’ll pick up the Lost World some day.
Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty