Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

135 reviews

mollyb13's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

Reread for the first time years and it is still a 5/5. Perfect book. 

Love that there is something for everyone here - it can be read purely as a thriller/adventure or kick start a lot of thoughts about ethical scientific practices. A classic case of 'just because you can, doesn't mean you should'.  The book has held up really well over time and I think the questions Crichton brought up are just as relevant today as they were in 1990 when the book was published.

And on a side note, this is the only example I can think of where the book and movie completely complement each other. They are both perfect and one doesn't take away from the other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood

vi_holmes's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

If you love the movie but wished it was longer, scarier, and that the attacks/deaths were more brutal, read the book!

I'd heard that it would be scarier, but I had no idea what I was in for finally picking up the book. I caught myself holding my breath during several scenes and stayed up until my vision got blurry because things just kept happening and I didn't want to put it down.

I only have a couple complaints. Mostly that the first 100 or so pages were filled with so much boring bs. I was here for science, dinos, and horror, I did not care to read all the lawyer bs with throw away characters that could have been discussed later in small paragraphs. Nor the times the action was broken up for Hammond and Wu to have the same argument again and again. I will tell you right now, I started skipping those in the last 150 ish pages and the reading experience vastly improved.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit

laurakehl's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child death

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

alyshapowe11's review against another edition

tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

foolishfish's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, and Vomit

itsbaberuthless's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

I now get it when people rant about how a book was better than its movie. Jurassic Park means so much to me and I’m so happy I actually liked the book. It was so dark and gruesome and I hated everyone but the dinosaurs. My favorite thing was imagining Rexy sleeping leaning up against a tree by the river. Freaking cutie. 

4.5 because in a book about dinosaurs there sure was a lot of misogyny and fat shaming.

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

moxiereads's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and Medical content