So in Goodreads this is said about Jurassic Park "A billionaire has created a technique to clone dinosaurs. From the DNA that his crack team of scientists extract, he is able to grow the dinosaurs in his laboratories and lock them away on an island behind electric fences, creating a sort of theme park. He asks a group of scientists from several different fields to come and view the park, but something goes terribly wrong when a worker on the island turns traitor and shuts down the power. " Just in case you have lived under a rock and have never seen the movies. If not, what are you waiting for?
I'm just going to get this out of the way because I'm slightly embarrassed. The 13th Warrior is one of my favourite movies ever. I don't even know how many times I watched it with a friend but I enjoyed it immensely. Same friend told me it's based on a book by Michael Crichton. Same friend knew Michael has also written Jurassic Park books. I feel like I've lived under a rock. This year has definitely been a year of literary discovery.
I loved this book. I adore the movies but the book was even better. It reminded me of the time when I was a kid and just obsessed with dinosaurs. I would borrow all the dinosaur books from the library, I would learn names and everything I can about these fascinating beings. It is even said in the book that kids have easier time learning the names because of just how passionate they are. How curious they are.
The book was definitely more scientific than the movie was and that is understandable. How many people would be fascinated to hear about chaos theory or any mathematic theories that Malcolm obsseses about. Or learning about possible eating habits, nesting habits or pondering how intelligent dinosaurs actually were when you can have dinosaurs eating people. It might sound boring to some but it sucked me in. Made me think how much of it was actually solid science and if all the facts about dinosaurs were true. Maybe it's just because I'm curious but I was happy the book wasn't just about evil dinosaurs wrecking apart the park.
There were cruesome parts of course. People did die and their deaths weren't exactly peaceful. I was rooting for some of them which did make me feel evil but also gleefully happy. The way some of the attacks were written just made my skin crawl because I could see it happen like I was a part of it. I would of been terrified. I wouldn't have survived let's be honest.
Only time I wasn't too happy to be reading was when the little sister of Tim (who knows everything about dinosaurs and computers apparently) was just whining and being irritating. I love kids but it got on my nerves. Which of course was pretty realistic. Not everyone can be super smart geniuses with a love for dinosaurs. Some prefer sports and find dinosaurs boring. Which boggles my mind if I'm honest.
Overall Jurassic Park is one of my favourite books this year. If you love the movies and haven't read this one yet I'd recommend it. It does have around 500 pages so it's not the quickest read but it's worth it in my opinion. Unless I'm the last person on Earth to have not read this book before now. This is is my 3rd book from Crichton I've read so far and I'm excited to read more.
