Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

48 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

2.5

This is a case where the movie ruined the book for me. I understand why Lex was written the way they were but I absolutely hated reading anything they were doing. I found none of the characters charming and aside from the very violent scenes I was a bit bored. This was not a hit for me and I usually prefer stories that are slower to the scare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Sexism

patriciacbs's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, and Gore

montybonty's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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

3.75

If you're going into this book expecting a play by play of the movie, you're in for quite a surprise. Maybe that's why this book was a bit of a tough read for me since I knew it was different from the film but...wow.

The fact just about everybody dies before they explode the island- I'll be honest, I was not expecting that whatsoever

Overall, it was a good read. Incredibly tense and had me on the edge of my seat multiple times. I'll be honest though, I 100% could have done without Lex's character in this book. Crichton really captured the spirit of an annoying child because I was ready to strangle her at so many points. Aside from that, solid sci-fi read!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Blood, and Excrement

ginbat's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

4.0

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did, especially since I had already seen the movie. But it was fun to read, a page-turner, and unique structurally. Sometimes it felt like there was too much of one person (usually Malcolm) just talking for way too long. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Medical content, and Car accident

about the triggers:

the dinosaurs gruesomely kill and eat lots of people

pizzaisjesus98'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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Fatphobia, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexism and Colonisation

rocco501st's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

nathalieisg's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death

hisashiburi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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