Jurassic Park

Thriller With Teeth

On a foggy, Caribbean island, scientists have ushered in the rebirth of dinosaurs. Now, dinosaurs roam the face of the Earth, but is this, mankind's greatest breakthrough or its worst nightmare? In a single phrase, Jurassic Park can be described as a thriller with dinosaurs, but it's so much more. Michael Crichton does an excellent job of forging a fast-paced, suspenseful plot with teeth.

While the novel is an essence of science fiction, Jurassic Park brings back the childhood excitement of dinosaurs. The novel lashes out and grasps our imagination, all while morphing it into a fear of the unknown. We can only read, as we ricochet down this dinosaur rollercoaster, leaving us wanting more. Filled with facts, action, and dinosaurs, Jurassic Park is a necessary read for any teen.

The novel also sports a wide spectrum of characters. Through them, Crichton weaves his message on the dangers of science into his masterpiece. Ian Malcolm, a character from the book, is Crichton's mouth that laments science and makes us ask the big question, "Is humanity as superior as we think it is?" The novel gives a great philosophical standpoint accented with suspense, resulting in a great read.

Jurassic Park has sold millions of copies worldwide and there's a reason. Readers find themselves enthralled in Crichton's web and can’t get enough. Crichton expands and builds upon on his experience and sci-fi thrillers, as he adds Jurassic Park to his Congo and Andromeda Strain.

In my personal experience with the book, I found myself turning page after page, with excitement and suspense. I managed to read the whole novel in the course of a week, proving that Jurassic Park is definitely a book you can easily pick up, but hard to put down.

I strongly recommend this book to the scientists and the scientists-to-be in your lives. With such a unique setting and thought-provoking plot, Jurassic Park is the best dinosaur novel ever written.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

E book? Come on!

I read this when I was a kid, I remember how fantastic it was, and I'd really like to buy the two books, Jurassic Park and Lost World, for my nook.

Hellooooo! Why is JP not available on ebook?????? Please?

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

VERY Different from Movie

Not a bad book. Not a great book. Good in the beginning and middle but feels like it drags a bit towards the end. I would recommend it especially if you like the movie but don't expect them to hold any more similarities other than a "dinosaur-infested-island".

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Scott Creger a 17 year old student from Hudson MI

This is a truly great work of writing from a truly great author. I read it for the first time when I was 10 and ever since then I've read it about 20 times. Along with his other works.

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This Book Was Great

This book was a great read. It was exciting, thrilling and non-stop good time. I nearly screamed when i got to the waterfall scene. Made me cry like a baby! It's Micheal Crighton at his best. Can't wait to read 'Time Line', But my FATHER is being slow with it...Darn parents.

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Better than the film.

This book packs so much more than the film. The scenes that have them travelling along the water were the best parts. Interesting part is that a scene from Jurassic Park 3 was pulled from this book, but I'll let you read in order to discover which scene I'm referring to.

Best book you will ever read

This is the most amazing book you will ever read. The only other book tht even comes close is its sequel The Lost World

Amazing book

One of my favorites. Not only is it really entertaining, you also learn quite a bit.

Great

I read it and im 11 its terrifying but a must read im a good reader so its probably for ages 15

Definitely A Must Read!

I am a huge reader, and a huge fan of the movie Jurassic Park. I was pretty young when the movie came out so obviously too young to read the book when it first came out. I finally got around to reading it though, and I am obsessed. (If you are reading this hoping it follows the story line of the movie, sorry but it doesn't at all). That being said the book is so detailed and descriptive. Michael Crichton is an amazing author in that he writes the story as if everything that happens could easily be done in real life. It's a slow read due to the fact that there's so many details, but taking the extra time to soak it all in is worth it. Can't wait to read more Michael Crichton novels!

I'm not sure there can be a more compelling, exciting, adventuro

I'm not sure there can be a more compelling, exciting, adventurous, and smart thriller than Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park".

I read the book for a second time because my 6th grade son had an assignment to read a novel recommended by a parent. I thought this would be a fun book and he wanted us to read it at the same time. Not only did I have the opportunity to read this again after almost 20 years, but also I've been able to enjoy it through the eyes of my son.

Crichton's writing reads effortlessly. His language is simple, his descriptions clear. Combined with the excitement of the story, so clearly laid out, the book is an extremely fast read. I’m sure the science has changed, but the book holds up extremely well 22 years after it was first published.

I'll skip a detailed plot description, since everyone knows the story of a man's attempt to build a zoo of genetically reengineered dinosaurs. Things go horribly wrong during a private tour of the park, which includes two expert paleontologists, a theoretical mathematician and two grandchildren of the park's visionary leader.

The first third of the book is like a roller coaster, slowly rising during its initial ascent, building with tension as it approaches its peak. The second two-thirds of the book play out like the roller coaster rumbling downward at breakneck speed, turning unexpectedly, tossing the rider from side to side, and providing only brief respites, before zigging and zagging towards its conclusion.

One can't help but compare the novel to Steven Spielberg's classic film. The movie did a remarkable job of following Crichton's original story. He, in fact, co-write the script making small modifications in the characters, their roles, their relationships, and their fates.

One scene in the book didn't make it into the movie that I remembered from my first read: a sequence where the T-Rex chases Dr. Grant and the two children, in a raft, down a river and into the park's aviary. I believe parts of this sequence found its way into the third movie, and though this scene is rather short, it stands out to me as a bit of a disappointment for not being in the film.

Crichton uses Dr. Ian Malcolm, the mathematician, as the story's moral mouthpiece. Malcolm emphasizes the dangers of science unabated, questioning how modern science has become an effort in achievement, focused on the ‘how’, while sacrificing its conscience without consideration of the ‘why’ or whether something should even be explored.

My son loves the story. He can certainly connect with the 11-year old dinophile who finds himself in numerous heroic situations. And what's not to like in a story filled with dinosaurs and near-miss escapes?

Crichton always does an amazing job of writing cutting edge science in an attainable way, and “Jurassic Park” holds up as a particular strong example of his deft handling of complicated subjects.

My only complaint is the relative translucence of Crichton's characters. They have enough flesh to make the reader care, but not all that much. It’s a quality that I seem to recall from most of Crichton’s work.

This is a minor criticism because I simply love this story. Based on my son’s enjoyment, the book is appropriate for fifth graders and up (depending on an individual's reading level, of course). The only dicey parental considerations are the level of violence, which is high, and the potential for a sleepless night or two due to the intensity of the story.

YES!!! FINALLY

Very well written, scientific, and most of all: INTERESTING, SUSPENSFUL, and did I say SUSPENSEFUL! Wow. Yeah this book was hard to put down. This was not like the movie because it was SO MUCH BETTER than the movie! It's actually almost erie in some points. Way less cheesy than the movie. BUY IT!!!!!!!!!

Review

Michael Crichton presents a techno-thriller that, although it may be matched by others of its genre, the originality of the story sets it apart from others. Not to be missed.

An Amazing must read

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton was a great sci-fi thriller. I thought that incorporating cloning, dinosaurs, and realistic situations made Crichton's book a page turner. I've read this book quite a bit of times throughout the years and find it still very interesting to read. Once I start reading it's almost impossible for me to put it down. I especially liked the part when Muldoon took down the T-Rex in the aviary. I think that Jurassic Park creates an immense amount of suspense for the reader to keep reading to find out what happens next. Although some people say that, "All of his facts don't line up," or, "This is not realistic at all because who can recreate and clone real dinosaurs," this should be enjoyed as a science fiction thriller because it is what it is. Crichton writes his book based on his science and medical background that creates this realistic feeling of the book. I ultimately think that this is a must read book no matter what other people say. Michael Crichton was an amazing sci-fi author that created fantasy worlds of dinosaurs with other techno-thriller themes that made Jurassic realistic because cloning dinosaurs could really happen in this day and age.

One of his best

This book was one of his best though many of his others are very good as well. Right from the start I remember this book grabbing my attention though this part wasn't in the movie until the second one came out. I thought that was disappointing but thats how Spielberg is sometimes. Maybe it was too gory but look at what Spielberg did with Jaws.
Jurassic is one of those books you need to read if you never read any of the author's other books. It made me a believer and Crichton is now one of my favorite authors. He will be missed.

Read it!!!! YOU MUST!

The book keeps people in non-stop suspense and creates a vast amount of imagery in the readers head and also makes a reader ask the big question "what if". I pictured people running from a Tyrannosaur and Velociraptors in a jungle and I could hear the blood-curdling screams of terrified humans as they were being hunted by raw nature. This book is NOT recommended for creationists for they might try to argue with EVERY aspect of the book BUT it's a great book and I highly recommend it.

Must Read!!!!!!!!!

In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton has yet again succeeded in writing an amazing and thrilling story. This novel is one of the most thrilling novels of its age because of its high level of suspense. Crichton is able to successfully snatch the reader into this world of fear through the third-person narration and descriptive writing that allows the reader to experience every ounce of fear that the characters in the book are feeling.

Jurassic Park tells the tale of the investigation of the newest invention of the InGen Corporation, a zoo/theme park venture were the main attraction is real live genetically engineered dinosaurs. Since this new park's attraction is such a liability, John Hammond (the CEO of InGen) is forced to have the park investigated by a couple of professionals. But during the maiden tour of this island, something goes wrong that drags the people on the island into a horror filled weekend caused by animals that have been extinct for 60 million years.

While this is one of the best thriller novels of its age, Jurassic Park is flawed by graphs and language that are shown in the book that not everybody would understand. Also, there are some parts of the book that it seems the characters are preaching to you about the types if ethical beliefs that you should have. But despite the pointless graphs, the hard to understand genetics lingo, and the apparent sermons that occur at points in the book, this is still one of the best thriller novels of the age that will keep you on the edge of your seat from page 1 to 399.

Amazing! Entertaining!

I absolutely enjoyed this book. The only thing I didn't like about it was some of the language; the swearing kind of bothered me. Other than that, there's nothing wrong with this book in my eyes. It's wonderful! From the very begining, and I mean from the very first chapter, you're waiting to see how events carry out and how things go wrong. There is no question that things won't.

Michael Crichton did an amazing job of instilling tension all throughout your body at particular intervals in the book. I won't divulge the actual happenings, but the chapter named Aviary was amazing! It was short but it brought so much tension into the book that I think the book lacked until that point. Up until then, Crichton kept you hooked with mostly curiousity but it wasn't the type that had you going just tell me already! It was more like, okay I want to see how they get out of this. What else is going to happen to Grant and the kids? Or Muldoon? Aviary was a short chapter but I count that as one of its strengths. It didn't drag along; it was on target and didn't have the characters. Part of me wished the chapter had been longer, but that's only because it gave me so much tension. I can literally remember how my whole body was tense. If the chapter had been any longer, the tension would have been lost.

Throughout the book you have the T-Rex popping up. Just when you think it's gone, it comes back to complicate matters. In my opinion, it was used to perfection. All while you read this book though, even before the power goes out, the moment you actually read about the adult Velociraptors, you get the feeling that they're the true menace. And they were. But Crichton waited until the end of the book to use them. He gave you little tastes of them that complicated matters but the characters didn't have to go head to head with them until the end. In my opinion, that too was smart and they were used perfectly.

About halfway through the book, our cast of characters have power problems. It's not long before they're fixed, or so we think. When we have about a hundred or so pages left we find that all is not well with the power. This, I think, is the truly major climax of the story. Everything else was building up to these last pages, getting ready to spot-light the Velociraptors.

So happy I read before movie

I think I am one of few who read book before seeing movie. I did not see the movie for a long time after reading book so it was really good. I loved this book so much and have read so many times again. I like Lost World too but, not so much as the first one but still good.

From the movie to the book

I'm twenty years old and thus for me I first knew Jurassic Park as a movie. As in most cases the book proceeds its theatrical re-make. The book makes everything that happens feel so real and likely that it's hard to wonder if there really is an island somewhere where dinosaurs roam.