Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
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Book Reviews of Jurassic Park
Book Review: Suspenseful, well-rounded, and imaginative
Summary: 5 Stars
If you've seen the movie version of Jurassic Park disregard it. This book far outdoes its cinema version by a wide margin. The characters are far more human and tangible in the book. All of them have vastly different ways of thinking and behaving and together they make for a rather eclectic group of individuals you find yourself wanting to know more about. Unlike the Hollywood version none of them are cleaned up, they appear in the novel as flawed as any human you can pick out from the streets leading a sense of reality to the story.
I particularly enjoyed Malcolm the Mathematician's philosophical ranting and ravings. Ever the cynical and often sarcastic one he serves as the begrudging conscience of the story with amazing wit and style. The other characters all seem symbolic as well with the children representing innocence, Hammond the eccentric millionaire representing unfounded optimism, Grant representing responsibility, Nedry representing the seething unscrupulous nature of greed, and the dinosaurs representing both man's need of control and our deepest primal fears. In this way the novel is set up much like a fairy tale for adults with dinosaurs replacing wolves and no corny ending, but as adults I don't believe anyone needs a happily ever after to feel satisfied.
Certain points are gory but the descriptions of the dinosaurs are delightfully lifelike and keep you sitting at the edge of the chair. I've read this book twice and its genius. From the very start it sets you up for a sequel and I look forward to reading those in the future. I highly recommend this book anyone looking for something a little different but completely enthralling.
Book Review: JurassicPark
Summary: 5 Stars
Hello my friends! How are you doing? I have a question for you. Have you ever wished dinosaurs were alive? In this book your wish comes true. InGen has started an extremely special park in Isla Nublar wich is20000 miles west of Costa Rica. By extracting DNA from mosquitoes caught in amber they have brought back to life the dinosaurs. Dr.Hammond (president of InGen) has hired Alan Grant and Dr.Elli (2 paleontologists) and the scientist Dr.Ian Malcolm to go and look at the park before it's open to public. He hopes they decide to endorse the park. But when they get there things go wrong, terribly wrong.This book is filled with imagination and suspense. It will have you in the edge of your seat. Director Steven Spielberg made this book into a movie. This book is about how dangerous is for us, humans, to play with nature. If I could describe this book in 5 words they would be: Imaginative, suspenseful, amazing, intriguing, and clever. The author held my attention by showing me in detail each and every page of the book. This book was written by author Michael Crichton who also wrote its sequel: Jurassic Park: The Lost World. This book has different prices in different places but it is worth every penny, nickel, dime or quarter. And even if you don't want to read the book you can still go watch the movie. This book was fictious. The characters of this book are: Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Elli, Dr.Hammond, Dr.Ian Malcolm, Lex and Tim, and Dr.Hammond's lawyer. This book has a lot of action too. I give it five hearts, I recommend this book to teens, adults, seniors, and to anyone who likes to read amazing books. Although you could just watch the movie. The End and Thank You.
Book Review: MUCH better than the movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
Like many who are familiar with Michael Chrichton, as soon as I found out they were making 'Jurassic Park' into a movie, my initial thought was: "GREAT!...but ONLY if they follow the book." Well they did an okay job (the effects were 1st rate, though) and yes, the story differed in MANY ways from the novel. I encourage anyone who enjoyed the movie to pick up this fast-paced story of genetic manipulation today. I DO have to admit they cast Jeff Goldblum PERFECTLY. He fit Ian Malcom to a TEE. He is one of my favorite fictional characters, and when you read the story you'll know why. One great annoyance I had with the movies was how a scene from the original 'Jurassic Park' book found its way into 'The Lost World' movie (the opening scene for instance, and the T-Rex thrusting its head through the waterfall...) and the ending of 'The Lost World' was SO different from the book as to make me wonder if they were going to release a novelized version of the movie since it was almost 100% different than the book. Dennis Nedry was another great casting job (remember Newman from Seinfeld...?) and, well forget the differences, this story deserves to be read, mostly because it is timely and incredibly entertaining. When was the last time you heard someone say the movie version of a book was better? In this case, the movie cannot even hold a candle to Chrichton's amazing story of bringing the dead back to life by use of genetic science. He almost makes you believe it could happen...The action never let's up, and the twists and turns and let's not forget the ending being totally different from the movie...it's just a GREAT BOOK. Get it! Read it! Enjoy it!Book Review: puts the movie to shame
Summary: 5 Stars
The Spielberg movie was fun, but it doesn't begin to compare to Crichton's book in complexity, wonder, pacing, intelligence, character development, and (above all) suspense. This is simply one of the greatest thrillers I've ever read, dinosaurs or no dinosaurs. Crichton keeps ratcheting up the tension, far beyond what you would expect was possible. This has to be his finest book. There's a little bit of the misogyny that all but ruins "Disclosure" and "Sphere" for me, and some of the same corporate infighting that tried my patience in "Rising Sun" and his new time travel book, among others. The young girl character is this book has to be one of the most annoyingly sexist creations of the late twentieth century. Thank God they gave her character a rewrite before they filmed it; I was seriously afraid they would cast Mary Kate and Ashley Olson in the part, and I would have had to get up and walk out of the theater or else risk my brain exploding. But for once the flaws and eccentricities are completely submerged behind the flawless, brilliant execution of an astoundingly original and exciting concept. The author loves to preach about the perils of technology and the limitations of human cleverness, and genetic engineering, I have to say, provides him with a topic that fully warrants his skeptical attitude. If you only know "Jurassic Park" from the movie, you have no IDEA how much better and scarier the book will be. Brace yourself for the vicious juvenile t-rex and the ferocious pterosaurs (both scandalously missing from the big screen version) and don't say I didn't warn you.Book Review: Welcome to Jurassic Park
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the absolute best depiction of a science fiction novel I have ever read. I like how Mr. Crichton displayed the charachters, gave them backrounds, and then put them into some very scary predicaments. I happemen to of seen the movie first, but i think that the book is much better. It takes you in depth into the world of this theme park/zoo, bringing fiction to reality, or vis-versa. Also, I liked how he ran the plot, Starting out with serenity and the magic of this new idea, then turned it all over to chaos.The best part of the book is when, after the main terminal power cuts out, the T-Rex escapes and Gennaro and muldoon attempt to tranquilize it so that it may be transfered back to its paddock. Muldoon takes the gun, aims, and misses. The T-rex becomes aware of his presence and charges. Muldoon reloads and fires. The T-Rex dosn't stop, so Muldoon tells Gennaro to hot the gas on the jeep and Muldoon jumps in, narrowly avoind the grasp of the Tyranosaurs jaws. This is just a small example of a book full of thrills.
Michael Crichton was very good at displaying his charachters. He described them very well, but what made them special was that you could always relate to at least one of them at any given time. For example, the park owner John Hammond stands for every tycoon who has ever wanted something and won't let go for the world, possesed with the idea that he is right. Also, Crichton gave the theme much emphasis. With the book, he displayed the essence of the chaos theory, and how man should never attempt to harness nature, because, as Ian Malcolm says, " Life will find a way".