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A review by rosemary_nagy
Micro by Michael Crichton
5.0
Okay so. Here’s the thing. I refuse to say anything negative about the aspects of this book that I think would possibly have changed had Michael Crichton been alive to finish it. It read like a rough draft, and the ending felt extremely short and rushed, but considering that the author died of cancer before he finished writing it, I won’t let that affect my review. Mr. Crichton doesn’t deserve to lose stars for dying.
That being said, this was a true Crichton-esque scientific thriller, with lots and lots of scientific information and sources to back everything up. I very much enjoy that, but if you don’t, you probably won’t enjoy this book. I didn’t find it as scary as some of his others, like Jurassic Park or Congo, but this is way more horrifying in that it’s creatures we know. Somehow reading about a spider eating someone is more horrible than reading about a T-Rex eating someone. Bugs freak me out, and boy oh boy was this a freaky book. I just hope I don’t have nightmares about parasitic wasps.
Hgghgh. I have the creepy crawlies.
That being said, this was a true Crichton-esque scientific thriller, with lots and lots of scientific information and sources to back everything up. I very much enjoy that, but if you don’t, you probably won’t enjoy this book. I didn’t find it as scary as some of his others, like Jurassic Park or Congo, but this is way more horrifying in that it’s creatures we know. Somehow reading about a spider eating someone is more horrible than reading about a T-Rex eating someone. Bugs freak me out, and boy oh boy was this a freaky book. I just hope I don’t have nightmares about parasitic wasps.
Hgghgh. I have the creepy crawlies.