Six years after the events that shook Jurassic Park, peculiar carcasses and secretive sightings along the Costa Rican coast pique curiosity. News leaks out, and we find ourselves catapulted onto a remote oceanic island, seeking the secrets behind the extinction of a species. 'The Lost World' cannot replicate the stunning surprise of the first book or its perfect sequence of events. However, it offers a pleasant adventure in adventure and science fiction literature, thanks to its evocative setting and the presence of believable dinosaurs.

The swift pen and brisk pace make for an easy read, even though it doesn't reach the excellence of its predecessor. It's a decent return where you can immerse yourself once again for a few hours in the world of incredible dinosaurs, escaping the terrifying grasp of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
And so, happy reading to all enthusiasts of prehistoric adventures!

È come Jurassic Park, ma sbiadito. Ci sono tutti i contenuti del primo libro (dinosauri, isola, umani stupidi ed avidi, umani scienziati e più attenti , matematici e geni del computer, ragazzini), ma il tutto si armonizza di meno.

Ok so this book gained an extra star because Lex was not in it. Hands down that originally made me want to give it five stars. But lets get to why this book got two stars.

First off....  

Malcolm lived....yeah I am all for the fact he lived because I loved him in the film but in the book...WTF? He lived? He died of a rotten leg in the first book.

Eddie died....yeah I called it early on that Eddie was going to die. Damnit Eddie, then I had to read about raptors fighting over his carcass.

Sarah...mother fucker is die hard.

Plot:::::

Holy shit Batman balls.....

THE RAPTORS TOOK ARBY HOSTAGE....Took.Him.Hostage. I'm going to let that sink in for a moment. Took.Him.Hostage. in a mother fucking cage.....They carried the cage off and took him hostage....Like, what they are going to sit down and negotiate with Malcolm?

In the end they all have mad cow disease but it's ok cause even though nobody knows what is going to happen if a dinosaur with mad cow disease bites you, lets all sail into the sunset and yeah be assured because Sarah said a mild case of encephalitis would most likely occur....Yeah...'mild' because she is an expert at what???? OOOHHH right, hyenas in Africa.



And that is why I gave this book two stars.

4,75
Świetnie się bawiłam. Tak samo dobrze, jak przy pierwszej części. Z resztą ta jest skonstruowana bardzo podobnie, więc raczej odradzałabym czytanie jedna za drugą.
Dostajemy tu mnóstwo dinozaurów i tyle samo akcji. Dzieje się bardzo dużo, tak naprawdę do samego końca. Jednak autor oferuje nam oprócz tego trochę naukowych fragmentów. O ewolucji, wymieraniu gatunków i potencjalnym wpływie człowieka. Nie każda informacja tutaj przedstawiona jest aktualna, a o niektórych aspektach wiemy już o wiele więcej. Ale nie zmienia to faktu, że autor - biorąc pod uwagę czasy powstawania książki - musiał zrobić spory research.
Jeżeli szukacie rozrywki - spróbujcie zawitać do Parku Jurajskiego.

Ian Malcom e una nuova compagnia di malcapitati dovranno trovare un modo di sopravvivere non solo ai già noti raptor e t-rex, ma anche a nuovi fossili viventi appostati nella giungla.
Ci sono tutti gli elementi che mi hanno fatto apprezzare il primo romanzo di Crichton: tensione sempre abbastanza alta, personaggi ben costruiti e, dulcis in fundo, il fascino pericoloso dei dinosauri tornati in vita.

Una lettura niente male anche se richiede una certa sospensione dell'incredulità, non tanto per i dinosauri, quanto per la mole di casini nei quali i personaggi riescono a cacciarsi per poi cavarsela senza troppi danni.
Forse un pochino troppo individuabili i personaggi destinati ad essere massacrati dai dinosauri (anche se, ad essere onesti, non molto di più rispetto a molti libri e film thriller), mentre una cosa che mi ha leggermente infastidito è l'aver notato che alcune cose sembravano ricalcare il primo romanzo: anche qui abbiamo due ragazzini incredibilmente dotati e fortunati, i soliti cattivoni privi di scrupoli che pensano solo al denaro, e il gruppetto di scienziati all'avventura, ma un po' glielo perdono, anche perché l'autore è riuscito a dar vita ad un personaggio femminile badass come se ne vedono pochi.

“Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.”


(DEUTSCH WEITER UNTEN)


Phew, somehow book two didn’t convince me that much.
Some characters felt repetitive (and were really annoying) and the story took an extremely long time to really get going. Sometimes Crichton gets so lost in his characters‘ supposedly clever and great expertise that everything else becomes secondary. Even the reader’s enjoyment.
Ian Malcom is one of my favourite characters, yes, but sometimes he really could have had less speaking time.

The fact that it had to be emphasised that all the women mentioned are beautiful was extremely disturbing to me and showed once again what kind of image of women prevails and what is important in a woman. Sure, this was a little different „back then“ than it is today, but you find this far too often in very current literature, too. What do I care in such a story whether the woman is beautiful? And if you’re going to throw that kind of crap in my face, then do the same for the men.
My god, this just upsets me too much.

Once the dinosaurs came, they were great as always and I found it particularly fascinating how differently the film portrayed the T-Rex baby. It’s a real shame they didn’t pick up on the book’s description.
I honestly don’t know if I would have finished the book if I hadn’t listened to it as an audiobook. And I also don’t really know how to rate it. I love dinos, but that’s simply not the measure.
I probably would have liked it better if it had just been one book, but yes, to each author their own pleasure.

Maybe a little more depth and diversity in the characters would have been good for the book.

(DEUTSCH)


Puh, irgendwie konnte Band zwei mich leider nicht so überzeugen.
Einige Charaktere fühlten sich repetitiv an (und waren echt nervig) und die Story hat extrem lang gebraucht, um so richtig loszulegen. Manchmal verliert sich Crichton so sehr darin, dass seine Charaktere vermeintlich kluges und tolles Fachwissen von sich geben, dass alles andere zweitrangig wird. Auch der Spaß des Lesers.
Ian Malcom ist einer meiner Lieblingscharaktere, ja, aber manchmal hätte er echt weniger Redezeit haben dürfen.

Das betont werden musste, dass alle Frauen, die erwähnt werden, schön sind, hat mich extrem gestört und hat mal wieder gezeigt, was für ein Frauenbild herrscht und was bei einer Frau wichtig ist. Sicher war dies „damals“ noch ein wenig anders als heute, aber auch in ganz aktueller Literatur findet man dies viel zu oft. Was interessiert es mich in solch einer Geschichte, ob die Frau schön ist? Und wenn du mir so einen Mist um die Ohren haust, dann mach das gefälligst bei den Männern auch.
Meine Fr*sse, das regt mich einfach viel zu sehr auf.

Als die Dinosaurier dann mal kamen, waren sie wie immer toll und ich fand es besonders faszinierend, wie anders der Film das T-Rex Baby dargestellt hat. Wirklich schade, dass sie nicht die Beschreibung des Buches aufgegriffen haben.

Ich weiß ehrlich gesagt nicht, ob ich das Buch beendet hätte, wenn ich es nicht als Hörbuch gehört hätte. Und ich weiß auch nicht so richtig, wie ich es bewerten soll. Ich liebe Dinos, aber das ist halt nicht der Maßstab.
Wahrscheinlich hätte ich es besser gefunden, wäre es bei einem Buch geblieben, aber ja, jedem Autor sein Vergnügen.

Vielleicht hätte ein wenig mehr Tiefe und Diversität bei den Charakteren dem Buch echt gut getan.

Great read

“What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There's no evidence for it. Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion. Next question.”

I'm so glad that I didn't wait to read the sequel to Jurassic Park. What an incredible book!

With interesting characters, intense imagery, and of course, dinosaurs, this was an action-packed story that really held up in terms of quality as the first book. With more life/death situations than the first book, I was on the edge of my seat for most of the book.

Highly recommend! Which Michael Crichton book should I read next?

A good story, told well, by a gifted writer. What more could I ask for.

I. Love. Crichton.

So many details. So much action. Intelligent characters. Unpredictable. AWESOME.

“Human beings are so destructive,’ Malcolm said. ‘I sometimes think we’re a kind of plague, that will scrub the Earth clean. We destroy things so well that I sometimes think, maybe that’s our function. Maybe every few eons some animal comes along that kills off the rest of the world, clears the decks, and let evolution proceed to its next phase.”

THE LOST WORLD
IT’S HERE!!! Today, my family and I will be seeing Jurassic World: Dominion. I know, I have seen Rotten Tomatoes, but right now this is a Dominion slander-free zone because I am so excited. I will never forget watching Jurassic Park for the first time. It was probably the scariest thing I had seen at that point in my life. I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. What better way to celebrate today than with a review of The Lost World by Michael Crichton. This book takes place years after the events of Jurassic Park. Ian Malcolm doesn’t talk about what happened at the park and neither does anyone else, it is kept a secret. There are rumors of carcasses landing on nearby beaches and they are immediately destroyed. Richard Levine has been researching and trying his best to uncover the secrets of INGEN and finds a way to site B. His students, Kelly and Arby along with Dr. Thorne, Ian Malcolm, and Sarah Harding, find their way to the island to rescue him. But they are not prepared for what is on the island.

I forgot how much I love Michael Crichton’s writing. The way he meshes real-world theory with a fictional story is just brilliant. I love the world he created and how he makes his readers think about the possibilities of scientific innovation and the results of this innovation. It is impossible to read an article about genetic technology or genetic creations and not think about the thoughts of Michael Crichton. As so eloquently put by Ian Malcolm in the first Jurassic Park movie, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Now, if you have seen the movies then you may feel as if the dinosaurs are the “bad guys.” But if you read the books, the dinosaurs act on instinct. They aren’t monsters, they are animals. It is the humans behind them that are the monsters.

In this book, the main villain is Dodgson.


He plans to use the dinosaurs for his own greed and exploitation. His company wants to test on dinosaurs rather than animals because, in his mind, dinosaurs don’t have rights. So that opens up another can of worms that Michael Crichton makes his readers consider: what determines who and who doesn’t have rights? If something is made, can it be used for nefarious purposes? See what I mean, these books just make you think! And also… humans are monsters.

Well to be honest, I had watched the film adaptation before reading the novel. I loved the film especially with the Big Rex attacking my hometown. (Sadly the news never reported it). Now I had begun reading it kind of late, since I could only find a copy of it at Barnes&Nobels but I begun reading!

Now when I did read the novel I tried to clear my mind and not try to expect alot from it. However when I actually did get to reading the Lost World I was slightly dissapointed. To be frank I think I was expecting a lot of the awe dropping and suspensful moments of the film, which wern't as good. A large portion of the book was conversation theories between the intellectual cast which I undestand but felt it dragged on to long. However the ideas were very impressive and got me to question what I know on past species of extinct animals. After all no one around today was there when Baryonyx was in our back yards.

Something I did like though was how Ian Malcom was the central protagonist this time around. It was kind of funny since in the first novel he was basically this "Chaotician" who joined along for the ride at the park with all these dino experts who critisized everything (What made me laugh was that he was right) and now we see him kind of leading things and having his own ideas on the dinosaurs which almost makes him look like a different character. he did definately differ from his film counterpart but I think he was a better character in the novel version.


This like Jurassic Park was a long buddy of mine since I couldn't put the book down. The Lost World just got me interested despite certain parts. However the book had overall made me interested and think about certain ideas overlooked. Personally I would recommend it, but then have whoever reads it watch the film adaptation if they had some issues.