A review by frogqueen
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.75

• in ninth grade bio class, we had an end-of-year busywork project to read a science-based novel and do a book report about it. this was on the list but i decided against it because it sounded too scary
• anyway thought it would be interesting to pick up in a post-covid world but i actually don't think having lived through the worst of covid makes this any less scary or tense - the stakes are much higher here
• which is why the ending sucked so bad. hard to imagine a more anticlimactic ending in any piece of media let alone for this book
• all the characters are white dudes which is boring but also this book is from 1969 so what can we expect
• the writing is also very dry but this is a story where that kind of style is needed
• however the plot is very very gripping and there were so many little things that the author did to make the book feel like nonfiction which makes it all the more impactful