Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
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Book Reviews of Jurassic Park
Book Review: Wow.
Summary: 5 Stars
As I read the snippets of reviews at the beginning of Jurassic Park, I expected to be reading one of the masterpieces of science fiction. Though it may not be that, Jurassic Park was a nonstop, action-packed book. Chricton has reignited my kindergarten interest in our favorite extinct reptile: dinosaurs.
A group of scientists, who are the best of the best in their respected fields, are invited by an old tycoon to a private island. They find out that he has been building a theme park of epic design. Dinosaurs have been recreated from fossilized DNA, and they are the main attraction of Jurassic Park. Of course, things go wrong(I won't go into the gruesome specifics), and everyone is soon running for their lives.
One of the things that annoyed me was the frequency with which the genius mathematician used situations which are in no way related as examples to back up his chaos theory. The theory itself seems plausible, but the overuse of examples drives me up a wall. The faucet analogy was especially confusing and pointless.
Michael Chricton is a very intelligent man, and he shows it off plenty throughout the book, explaining all the different technicalities of dinosaurs, computers, medicine, and everything else he is an expert on. Fortunately, he doesn't dwell too much on his IQ and quickly returns to weaving an excellent story, so no one stays mad at him for being arrogant too long. If anything was to be taken out of this great book, it would be the introduction, which is not needed and which is way too scientific to be fun.
I like all the characters in this book, major and minor. From the greedy computer programmer to the doubtful geneticist, everyone is realistic and fun. The quarreling brother and sister don't act like kids, but they have not yet achieved the level of seriousness reserved for adults. The tycoon is totally gung ho, never giving up. He's the reason everyone' s lives are at risk, but at the end of a book, you don't hate him any more than the triceratops. The paleontologist who serves as the protagonist is everything you want in a hero: smart, funny, and he actually knows about the thing he's running from.
Jurassic Park may look like another run-of-the-mill sci fi slasher, but it's anything but that. This book has everything a reader could ask for: action, blood and gore, cute baby dinosaurs for the little ones, interesting science facts for the more professional reader, and a quick moving story line that anyone can enjoy. Read it now.
Book Review: As good as movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Jurassic Park" takes place on Isla Nublar, an island off the coast of Costa Rica. This island is a mountainous region with jungles, large fields, rivers and rocky coasts. The actual Jurassic theme park is located on Isla Nublar.
There are a plethora of important characters in the book and Michael Crichton does a wonderful job in bringing them to life. John Hammond is a billionaire entrepreneur who comes up with the idea of creating a sort of dinosaur safari zoo. He then hires a group of scientists to develop a cloning technique that would bring dinosaurs back to life.After the park is complete and nearing its opening, John Hammond invites two dinosaur experts, Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler, and a mathematician named Ian Malcolm to take a tour of "Jurassic Park." Hammond also invites his grandchildren, eleven year old Tim and seven year old Lex. Dr. Grant is most likely the Protagonist The Antagonist character that creates havoc and eventually ruins the park is Dennis Nedry. He was the creator of Jurassic Park's high-tech security system, and he is payed by InGen's rival ,Biosyn, to steal some dinosaur DNA.
This book's conflict is Person Vs Nature. In order to escape the island, the characters must fend off prehistoric dinosaurs and over come daunting obstacles after Nedry turns off the electrical system to steal some DNA. This makes for an exciting action packed book.
The central idea of "Jurassic Park" is the Ian Malcolms prediction that the park would fail because nobody could control an extinct species that hasn't been on earth in millions of years.
I think that the author Michael Crichton wrote a magnificent book and that ,when reading the book, I noticed that he presented a powerful and interesting central idea fairly well. As I said, Crichton's central idea was very interesting and fascinating, but I had to think a bit before I realized the theme.This book was a very great book and I will most likely read it again. I was intrigued by the Chaos Theory section of the book.
This book is obviously the quintessential dinosaur book and for that reason alone, I believe it will be popular in years to come but this book was also well written and it impacted me in many ways. For one I have a lot more knowledge about dinosaurs, and I now know what Chaos Theory is and I think that it is very cool. This book was awsome.
PS. Read Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's "Relic" if you liked this book.
Book Review: After all these years...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is still one of Crichton's best. We all know about the plot to Jurassic Park (if you seen the movie, then you know), but if you don't....then where have you been in the past 11 years?! Jurassic Park is about how cloning Dinosaur DNA (the construction of life itself) from mosquoties trapped in amber. So now Hammond; a rich successful man then comes up with an idea to bring back the dinosaurs and have them in a theme park for the world to see. It sounds nice, but as Dr. Grant, his associate Ellen both palenotiogist (excuse the spelling), Ian Malcom; a math wizard who tell's Hammond and the crew about Chaos Theory and how the park is going to fail. Now you also have the lawyer Mr. Gammond (in the movie he dies, but in the book he lives), and Hammond's grandkids Tim and Lex. We then meet Dennis Nerdy; a programmer who works in the control room constructing the security in the park, Mr. Arnold, another programmer who is overseeing the park itself. Then Mr. Wu; a scientist who clones the animals. Now the thing is that Mr. Wu tells the crowd that all of the dinosaurs are female so they cannot bread. But then Dennis Nerdy is the man in to grab the dino embroys to sell them to a man named Donson; both of them will be billionaries by selling the embroyos to coporations and so forth. With this Nerdy then SHUTS DOWN ALL THE POWER to the park so he can go in there and get the embroyo's which Dr. Grant, Tim, Lex, Dr. Malcom out there in the park looking at it. Then the T-Rex comes out and sideswipes one of the cars which Lex and Timmy are in. Dr. Grant then get's thrown in with them. So now they are in the park with the dinosaurs. Nerdy then grabs the embroyos and tries to get to the docks with Dondon is. Except he is killed by one of the free animals.
So while the whole crew is trying to find him, they are stuck with no power! Now in the park, Dr. Grant, Lex, and Tim are trying to get back to the visiting center which is not a easy feat. They come across the T-Rex and raptors along the way. So now, Ian Malcom's Chaos theory is right. These animals are living in a different world, and they cannot be house-trained because that is not how God created them. Man brought back animals that were dead for 65 million years, and man didn't know how to contain them. That is pretty much the whole book in a nutshell. The action is GREAT! There is more scenes in which the movie didn't have, but just read the book and trust me it is worth reading.
Book Review: Jurassic Park is Just Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
Jurassic Park is an exciting, fast paced novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Its descriptions along with its insightful information make this book a must-read book for people of all ages. Author Michael Crichton does yet another great job with what is now a bestseller.
How do you create an amusement park that promises a unique experience for all? Mr. John Hammond created a park that is beyond the dreams of every paleontologist. The park offers a glimpse at dinosaurs from the Mesozoic, Crustaceous, and Jurassic period. Ironically, this time it is the park that can't withstand the test of time. Dr. Alan Grant, famous paleontologist, his assistant, Ellie Sattler, and world-renowned mathematician Ian Malcolm are the first tourists to visit this amazing phenomenon. The park's intent was to provide a wild tour of extinct animals, but sand un-tethered. The three sometimes found themselves running for their lives rather than reveling in the splendor. With the dinosaurs roaming through the park, untamed, the group was in real danger, especially after encountering carnivorous dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor.
The plot of Jurassic Park is original and well thought out. Using the concept of DNA being preserved in mosquitoes, Crichton uncovers scientific theory like a literary puzzle. This book has twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, as well as moments that will make you look under the bed for raptors. This book stirs up dinosauric curiosity for all who read it, adults or children.
The Jurassic Park plot, although the scientific detail is extremely in-depth, is tremendously written. Crichton describes these animals to us almost as if he has seen them himself. He also incorporates interesting mathematical and biological concepts that help the development of the story. You can tell by this story that Crichton is a dinosaur lover; knowing all about their habits and their habitat. He brings an extensive understanding of these extinct animals to the book, making it both interesting and informational at the same time. Is it possible to create a dinosaur world from mosquitoes trapped in ancient tree sap? Crichton makes believers of his audience.
This book gives the reader a passion for dinosaurs that has not been uncovered since childhood. Once this review is finished, it's time to begin the follow up sequel, The Lost World.
Book Review: A Wonderfully written book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a huge movie fanatic! I can't stay without watching atleast one movie. I'm also a huge Spielberg fan, and since I've always loved his fantastic movie, I thought I'd give the Book a shot.The book starts with an incident in Costa Rica. A little girl travelling with her family to Costa Rica gets bitten by something that the locals thinks is a vampire. However, after some research on the little girl, the skilled scientists discovers that this is no Vampire or a regular animal attack; she was bitten by a pre-historic lizard.
The lizard then goes through a lot of research by scientist to figure out what type of animal it is and where it came from. This is were the beloved Dr. Alan Grant makes his apperance. The Lizard is sent to Grant, and to his amazement, it's a dinosaur. His partner, Ellie Sattler, who is a Paleobotanist, also gets amazed at the at the sight of it. However, they both have their doubts. How could this dinosaur survive? They died 65 Million Years ago. Only minutes later, Grant gets a phone call from a rich old man named John Hammond. He is the leader of a comany called Ingen, and he wants Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler to come visit his new theme park. Both Grant and Sattler accepts, and they join Lawyer, Donald Gennaro, Mathematician, Ian Malcom, and Computer programer, Dennis Nedry on a flight to Isla Nublar.
On the island, Grant and Sattler are in for a big surprise. John Hammond has over the years at Ingen developed a huge theme park with living dinosaurs. However, the question on everybodys lips is: how did he do this?
The rest of the book I'm not gonna tell you about, you'll just have to read it for yourself, and I highly recommend that you do! Me being a fan of films and Steven Spielberg feel kinda funny saying this, but the book was indeed better than the movie. I knew there were many scenes lost in the movie, but I didn't know there were this many. When I started reading the book, I thought that what would make this book more exciting than the movie? I mean, I've seen every scene, so what can possibly be any better? Well, the death scene of Dennis Nedry, in the movie, he simply just gets spit on, and thats basically it. In the book, it will send chills down your spine...
You must read this book! Michael Crichton shows here what a great writer he really is. It's full of drama, action, suspense, horror, comedy and more. Buy this book today!