Disappointing... | The Lost World

Not as good as first | The Lost World | Michael Crichton

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	• The Lost World Michael Crichton Ballantine Books, 1996 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 548 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good, fun, fast read

I just read this book in little over a week and I am a slow reader. Michael Crichton is a very good writer and this book is an easy read. It picks up a few years later after Jurassic Park. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was nice to read more about the dino behavior. Overall all a good fun read - you will be satisfied.

Disappointing...

After reading "Jurassic Park," I decided I should go ahead and read the sequel. I expected it to be nearly as good as the first or even better, but I was disapointed. I considered giving it 2 stars, but I personally enjoyed it, so I'll rate it: "Good" (3/5). First, I'll lay down some things I didn't like about "The Lost World":

1) The character development was poorly done. Nearly all the characters seem two-dimensional and consequently not as likeable as the protagonists in "Jurassic Park." Even Malcolm was not himself in this book. My respect for him plummeted in this book. He's not the informed scientist he's shown to be in the first book.

2) Another thing this book lacked was a cohesive plot. It's mostly a bunch of dinosaurs chasing people around while the pursued try to escape the island. This book, it would seem, makes a much better movie sequel to the previous film, than the next book in the novel series.

3) So, overall, the quality of the story has much diminished when compared to "Jurassic Park".

A few things I did like:

This book is a page turner and is very easy to read. (Maybe this is why it was the #1 New York Times Bestseller.) It is filled with action that continues through the last couple of pages. I found it a somewhat enjoyable read, but there are many books out there better than this one.

One caution: this book contains strong language which I scribbled out with a pen as I read.

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Not as good as first

This book fell far from the tree when compared to Jurassic Park. I started reading it and had to put it down because it didn't hold my attention much but a few years later picked it up again and finished it. Just not as intense of Jurassic Park and seemed a little forced.

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Justice?

Show me the right way to live life. That's the moral of this one.
Ian Malcolm has always been my Favorite Crichton character. He exhibits the true thinking mind.
It's a must have.
(^_^)

Pretty good book, I would recommend this book to a friend.

I enjoy most of Crichton's books, they are usually unique and intriguing . I was surprised that he was able to still have more story left after Jurassic Park, but this book was equally entertaining.

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"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING."
--People
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public.
There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
"ACTION-PACKED."
--New York Daily News
"FAST AND GRIPPING."
--The Washington Post Book World
"A VERY SCARY READ."
--Entertainment Weekly
"AN EDGE-OF-THE-SEAT TALE."
--St. Petersburg Times

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