Wie sagt Ian Malcom so treffend in Jurassic Park: "Wir müssen die Dünntelligenten los werden."
Zwischen dem Film, der wahrscheinlich jedem etwas sagt und der Romanvorlage klaffen Welten. Der Film wurde familientauglich gemacht und auch in jeglicher anderen Weise geschliffen und entschärft. So sind die Charaktere im Buch viel realistischer, Hammond ist z.B. durchaus kein Kuschel-Millionär, sondern bleibt seiner Linie treu, was im Endeffekt bedeutet, dass er anderen die Schuld an seinen Fehlern gibt, egal wieviel Menschen sterben.
Ian Malcom ist ohnehin mein Held. Wie schon bei Kassandra will auch hier niemand auf die Stimme der Vernunft hören.

Before I start my book review a have to say that i have never seen the movie, Jurassic Park. I have no idea how I haven't watched it yet, and I definitely want to watch it now that I have read the book, but this review will not be comparing the two since I have not seen the movie. I did really like this book a lot. I thought that the idea was really well executed and very entertaining. I know not everyone may like this but I loved all the information about genetics and chaos theory. I think the chaos theory stuff especially may have been confusing for some reader but I think it was explained very well and I was also kind of familiar with chaos theory so I could follow along well. There were some parts of this book I didn't love or just found kind of weird. I wish that Dr. Ellie Sattler had had a bigger role in this book because she really kind of disappeared after the first parts of the book. I also wish that Crichton had made Lex a little less whiny. I know she's only like 7 but I think he could have lessened that part of her personality a bit. I also thought it was very strange how the characters call some dinosaurs "he" when they are all female. Like there is actually a line in the book where a character explains that all the dinosaurs are female but they call some of the larger ones, like the T-Rex, males. That is so weird to me and it also feels completely unnecessary. They is no plot reason why some of the large dinosaurs need to be called males when they are females and I wish that hadn't been done. I did really like how all the parts abut dinosaurs were written and how the reader could tell and picture what all the different breeds of dinosaurs were like. Overall I am glad that I picked up this book. I definitely want to read more Crichton in the future and I think this was a good introduction to his writing. I liked the dinosaurs in this book as well as all of the human characters. It was very entertaining and enjoyable as well as educational and I definitely want to watch the movie now.

4.75⭐️
1. Nienawidzę dzieci w tej książce
2. Nie dostałam więcej scen z flakami

4.5/5

JA CHCĘ JESZCZE RAZ!!!!!!

Is it wrong for me to so thoroughly enjoy people being eaten by dinosaurs? I mean, this book had a lot going for it, but that's the main highlight, and it's SO SATISFYING. My face was doing all kinds of weird things while I read.

I'm sure most people reading this will have seen the movie. I found that it really helped me to picture the dinosaurs (and surrounds) and that made it that fraction more terrifying because when you can really visualise what's happening it's much more horrible. I think, though, as in most cases, the book is better here, because there's so much more discussion about the lives of these animals, and the implications of bringing them to life. I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed Malcolm's rambling. He makes some valid points, that dude.

As for Lex ... *sigh* Little, bratty Lex. What can I say? I kind of wished she'd been T-Rex chow. Ah well. You win some, you lose some. *shrugs* Timmy, on the other hand, is a true hero-in-the-making. Grant and Ellie were pretty cool, but nothing special in the hero department. The dinosaurs were the real heroes of this story, and I was totally okay with that.

Overall, it was just such a fantastically thrilling read, with some surprising 'think deep' moments. Psyched to get my hands on the sequel!

Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.

It's been 15 years since I last read Jurassic Park (I read it when it first came out, and again before the movie was released). In the meantime, I've probably seen the movie a dozen times. After watching the 3D re-release, I decided to re-read the book.

If you've never read Jurassic Park, because you assume you know the plot from the movie, you have not been spoiled. The basic concept is the same, but little else is. There are numerous twists and turns in the novel that were left out of the movie. Characters who survive in the movie do not survive in the book, and vice versa. It's classic Crichton, mixing intriguing science and gripping action scenes. There's not much else to say. If you haven't read it, you should! Highly recommended.

Science-at-the-brink-of-chaos fiction. Nonlinear dynamics had barely been invented, and yet here it was, gracing each chapter with a foreboding message of disintegration.





Not literature, not amazing prose, but a true edge-of-your-seat thriller.

OK, so where to begin?
I read this book for the first time when I was in 12th grade. We had to choose a book for a book report and I thought this would make a nice change from all the classics.
Moreover, I've been a fan of the movie ever since I was a wee lass because I always had a thing for dinosaurs (the history and science behind it, the speculation, me being interested in fauna and flora in general) - other girls liked ponies, I preferred raptors.

I remember being quite surprised about the differences between the movie and the book back then. Reading this a second time was no different. True, there was no real surprise anymore but I think that reading it again now made me understand the changes in the movie.
I still would have preferred a faithful adaptation of course, but let's be honest: who can imagine Sir Attenborough as a ruthless businessman who doesn't give a fuck about anyone but himself?! Exactly. Thus, all the negative attributes of book-Hammond were given to Gennero, the "bloodsucking lawyer".
Other things were changed as well in order to make the movie more family friendly. People are supposed to marvel at the dinosaurs and not be clubbed over the head with the moral of the story (playing god) and to be perfectly honest, at times I thought Crichton gave Malcom too much time for elaborations of the chaos theory and his take on the park / predictions (though the movie tones it down too much). Despite the suspense, the movie was never supposed to be quite as brutal/bloody as the book (unfortunately).
Sadly, Grant's journey through the island with Lex and Tim (whose roles are reversed too, both regarding age and their skills) was also cut short simply because a movie can only have a certain length. They get to see much more in the book and the humans aren't quite as incompetent about the power outage as in the movie.
What I really enjoyed much more in the book is the plot point of the dinosaurs having escaped the island and roaming the streets of Costa Rican villages as well as those young raptors being on the ship as both is much more plausible.

I could go on and list all the other differences (minor and major) but I won't. Suffice it to say that the movie works on its own and is one I look back on fondly (and which I re-watch often), while the book is very good too. Crichton gave us a fantastical world, suspense, science (though it is a bit murky at times), and pretty good characters (though I prefer the move versions of some of them).

So yeah, you can basically sell me anything with dinosaurs which is why I'll also watch the next Jurassic World - which, by the way, will feature Jeff Goldblum/Ian Malcolm! Yay! :D

The Kindle (25th Anniversary) edition is currently uber cheap: $0.64 in the States, £0.49p in the UK and $2.99 in Canada. I read the hardcover copy, about two decades ago - and if I was able to rate it at that juncture, I would have given it 4★

I often love the premise of a technotrhiller but don't enjoy the actual story as much. However this one was a winner! Loved the plot and dinosaurs and having seen the movies first didn't ruin anything