Not as good as the first one, but still great. It's very sciencey and if that's your thing, then you'll love this too. I personally love the more sciencey side of things and can totally relate to Ian Malcolm and the other scientists whenever they correct people's use of common animal names and instinctively blurt out the scientific name. I do that too. I feel like there was a little less action this time round and some people would probably dislike that but obviously we've moved past the first stage of the park and now we're dealing with the drama from the first book as well as investigating the survival of dinosaurs. A really good read!

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This is one of the most interesting books I've ever read. All the theories on evolution and extinction... fascinating!

Jurassic Park was great too with lots of science behind genetics but I love how primitive this one was - just dinos out in the wild living their lives, a beautiful mistake if you will.

I have to say, Crichton always makes me feel like I'm getting smarter while being wildly entertained at the same time. Bravo good sir.

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Както всеки приключенски трилър с марката “Крайтън”, и този се развива светкавично – а след като видимо е съграден върху схемата на първия, то в самото действие няма какво да изненада. Конфигурацията от участващи лица е леко променена, този път лудият по динозаври богаташ по съвместителство е и многознайкото-палеонтолог. Той е убеден, че някъде по планетата още има динозаври, та дори и само като следствие от провален опит за тяхното съживяване, за който се носят слухове тук-таме. И се оказва прав, разбира се, след като открива мръсната тайна на “ИнДжен” – още един остров за създаване на изчезнали зверове, който след зрелищния провал на Исла Нублар е изоставен (това не го разбрах баш, как изоставяш цял остров с динозаври на него ей така?!).

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I thought I had already read this, but checked Goodreads and found out I hadn't! I had seen the movie (which is only loosely based on the book) and downloaded the Kindle edition, but never read it. It's an excellent sequel, and I'm glad I finally got around to reading it. Later, I'll listen to the audiobook edition, which I know is good, because it's narrated by Scott Brick, who did a brilliant job on "Jurassic Park."

Ciekawa, choć w pewnym momencie stała się repetytywna. Bardzo podobały mi się rozmyślania i teorie Iana. Chyba nawet najbardziej. Levine też był świetnym bohaterem, potrzebuję więc takich aspołecznych maniaków w literaturze

WOW, this was disappointing.

I remembered going into this book that I had enjoyed the film version of the original Jurrasic Park far more than the book -- a rather unusual situation for me. I had a slight feeling of apprehension, but I ignored it. Even if I hadn't, though, it wouldn't have prepared me for the frustration and disappointment of this story.

Let me get this point out right from the start: The plot resolves itself WAY too quickly, as though something that is suddenly obvious, easy to think of, and even easier to find was completely hidden from consciousness since the characters' first opportunity to think of it from about a fifth of the way into the book.

Additionally, the characters pose some very interesting questions during their experiences that would be fodder for quite interesting discussions or even intriguing scientific theory/discovery in the book. (For instance, why are there so many predators on the island? Why do they see so few carcasses? What went wrong on the island? Why does the raptor nest look the way it does?) That last was the only one I thought was halfway decently answered; all the rest seemed like cop-outs. Hell, the way the characters started to get out of their last little fix was complete B.S. that came from a bogus thought process from one of the kids.

One random compliment that (unfortunately) has nothing to do with the author's writing ability: He took the Carnotaurus that I'm familiar with from the simulator ride Dinosaur! at Disney's Animal Kingdom and gave it a rather unique twist: the ability to change colors with astonishing detail. I'll have to admit, after being scared by that dino on the ride many years ago, the thought of it being a chameleon made me sympathize with the terror felt by the characters. But really only for one scene. Then it was right back to the frustration.

My biggest complaint was the author's blatant activation of dramatic suspense. A character's thoughts would be either articulated through dialogue or explained through narration right up to the next-to-the-last word, and then something would distract the person from completing the thought, and the author would move on. That, in my book, is cheating. If the character thinks about something but can't figure it out, of if he's unsure why something just came to mind, fine. That's character development, in a way. (Levine's thoughts on daylight in the final scene fall into this category. I actually accepted that he couldn't remember what the big deal was. Granted, when he finally *did* figure it out, and he went back into his holier-than-thou attitude, even saying, "Well, isn't it obvious?", I wasn't sure if I wanted to smack Crichton or Levine more.)

A couple of conversations between characters -- usually involving Levine, now that I think of it -- were so full of these interruptions that I almost threw down the book. I was being played with, and I didn't appreciate it. It was something like this:

"So I got this completely figured out. The only way we can avoid getting eaten in the next twenty seconds is if we.... Oh, look! A leaf just fell in the breeze!"

or

"I wonder why these dinos are acting like this. It might have something to do with the environment they're in. Okay, if we factor in what they had for breakfast last year, and consider the death rate among dinos living 65 million years ago... Oh, this makes sense. They're all dying because....ACK! An attacking dino!"

and then

"Levine reaches the place he's been trying to reach for the last sixty pages. There's a dino in his way. He looks around for a tool to use to beat the beast to smithereens, getting more and more anxiously panicked, trying desperately to think of anything, when suddenly he sees....And the dino roared and started charging."

Whether the reader is supposed to feel exhilaration from the suspense, offense from being insulted, or just frustration with the irrational and incomplete descriptions, I won't pretend to know. Personally, though, a combination of the latter two was able to fester and boil and brood quite effectively throughout the course of the novel. I was completely put off by the writing style and the predictability of his archetypes -- I could easily make a matching quiz to list the names of characters from this book and its predecessor, and there's a direct correlation for each one, with the same role being filled by each and the same outcome happening to each. Oh, and Malcomb gets hurt. Again. What the heck is this guy's role, really? Token chaos-theory expert to make the reader believe that when everything goes to hell, it's supposed to? Bubcus.

I hereby swear to never again read another Michael Crichton novel. Yep, it was that disappointing.

I didn't love it as much as the first one but it was still a good read

I have to say that I do enjoy the writing style of Michael Crichton and although he has had his share of varying popularity I always feel I can trust his writing to deliver (even if to some that feels safe and uninspiring)

Anyway I digress - this was the second of his Jurassic Park novels and again a loose basis for the film (it still fascinates me how the first book and film diverge, digressing again), however the film was such a success there is little of surprise to the book, for me it was more the pace.

The book very quickly sets the scene and then throws you to the 'raptors as it were with action happening fast and nonstop. Now this could garner criticism in that its just one long theme park ride but if you are short of time to invest in characters or complex plots yet want something well written then this is ideal and at the moment that is what I am looking for.

The Andromeda Strain is still one of my favourite books so I will be a little defensive of Michael Crichton but his book does not need it - it stands on its own - and as a creature feature it certainly delivers. Now with the rebooting of the film franchise I hope that his original books will also enjoy a resurgence of popularity as I know I will gladly re-read them with little encouragement

3.5

Not as good as Jurassic Park but still lots of fun and the dinosaurs are the stars of the show once again.

Just reread this book: still very good, still one of my favorites, just a bit longer in the beginning because I already knew where this was going!
And, I have a bit of a reservation about Ian going back to an island filled with dinosaurs: how is that coherent? Plus, the man is supposed to be dead, so a bit of a stretch; but I won't complain as he is still my favorite character!
And I thought the ending was a bit abrupt, like, it happens in two pages!
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Just after finishing n  Jurassic Parkn, I was a bit lost: after such a great read, what could I read next? Nothing could be this good and perfect for my mood right now. So I decided to read the sequel!

And I was not disappointed!! I loved this one as much as the first one!

First, I was surprised to see Ian in the synopsis - I considered it a bit of a spoiler by the way. He is supposed to be dead, and I was quite sad when I understood he had died in the first one! So, overall, it was a pleasant surprise!
Something less pleasant was the fact that we don't follow the first cast of characters. At the beginning of the novel, I was a bit disappointed by that. But, the more I read, the more I grew attached to some of the characters in this second installment, the less I regretted the other ones in the first novel. I even think I grew to love some of them here, whereas I loved no one but Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park.

Thanks to Ian and his morphine "delirium" but also thanks to some of the characters who loooooooove to explain things to others - I'm looking at you, Richard! -, the reader gets new scientific reflections about dinosaurs, but also about evolution, extinction in general and the sixth one in particular, behavior, ecosystems and so on. It was great and I learnt a lot!! The Lost World perfectly completes Jurassic Park: we have new explanations and new elements, new knowledge and more food for thought!

Just like in Jurassic Park, I loved the action scenes and the plot: it is suspenseful and quite intense sometimes!! The reader knows anybody can die at any moment. It was even more suspenseful because, as I said earlier, I grew to love some of the characters, including Sarah, Thorne and Arby - a little less Kelly, even I'm still fond of her. The only ones I couldn't stomach were Levine and Dodgson. But we'll get to them later.
I really loved Sarah as a character and in her relationship with Kelly. The only woman of the group formed to get on the island, she could have been less put forward or just there to show that there was a female character; but no. This book actually passes the Bechdel test and Sarah is great in there. Some men don't take her seriously, but the reader can't deny she is, most of the time, the woman of the situation. She never gives up, she's ready to sacrifice herself or someone else if need be, she's physically and mentally strong (adjective employed in the book to describe her), and she has a great mentor role for Kelly. Her job is not for the faint-hearted and she deals with pressure when all the other male characters kind of collapse at some point. If it wasn't for her, they would have died, I'm sure of it.
Arby and Kelly are nothing like Tim and Lex in Jurassic Park. First of all, they are NOT annoying, and that's great because, at some point, I just couldn't stand Lex anymore in the first book! Then, Kelly is just as talented as Arby and just as intelligent. So both children will be able to help the adults and will actually save their lives at some point!
I grew fond of Thorne: he was like a pillar in the group and I "relied on" him. I was so afraid he might die!!
But Levine... Oh my, Levine... It's not that I hated him but... maybe a little. Arrogant, irresponsible, he seems uncaring and only reacts when HE is in danger! He is ready to leave Arby to die just to save his skin!! He seems passionate about dinosaurs and paleontology, but MAN, PEOPLE AROUND YOU!! He seems to love listening to himself and doesn't listen to others, or explains himself when he needs to - but when he doesn't, he talks and talks and TALKS!
Finally, Dodgson... well, he tried to kill Sarah, hurt a baby T-Rex and tried to steal eggs. Worst than Levine, definitely.

One of the biggest change between this book and Jurassic Park is that, in here, there is a group living together. I LOVED THAT, even if I would have liked to have more scenes when they are together, in the trailer for instance. I felt like I was with them on the island, in the car, in the trailer, that was GREAT!

The ending was more satisfying for me than the ending of Jurassic Park - probably because none of my favorite characters dies - but also because  the concluding theories and lines felt perfect. I was both glad and sad to close this book!


So, I'm happy I read this duology and can safely say that both Jurassic Park and The Lost World are favorite books to me!

Dinożary są super.