Jurassic Park

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Summary: Prehistoric Disaster
Review: Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is a breathtaking suspenseful science fiction novel. The realistic adventure and danger makes the story frightening for the reader. Jurassic Park is so unpredictable that it leaves the reader on the edge of their seat. Everything in this novel is thrilling and exhilarating.
Alan Grant, a very important paleontologist, is invited to visit this supposedly unique and one of a kind theme park off the coast of Costa Rica. This theme parks major feature was unlike any other, it contains live prehistoric dinosaurs. Dinosaurs who, thanks to our technology have been brought back to life. Grant is very skeptical about this whole idea for a theme park. He does not believe that anything that contains terrifying dinosaurs could be safe for tourists. His opinions about the danger of the park are proven to be accurate.
A selfish employee gets greedy and a storm hits all at the wrong time turning everything in to chaos. Dinosaurs have a chance to escape and terrorize the island of Jurassic Park. The main fear for everyone is that the dinosaurs will leave the island and reach civilization. This could turn into even more of a disaster that no one had ever thought to imagine. Hammond can only sit back and watch his brilliant idea for entertainment, and the source of billions of dollars, go down the drain right before his eyes.
Hammond, the founding father of Jurassic Park, believed this would be a brilliant idea. Before the first Jurassic Park was even completed he had already began to brainstorm what the next park would look like. He was very greedy, this seemed to have brought him lots of wealth, but what comes around goes around. Using DNA from reptiles to bring back prehistoric dinosaurs, how could anything go wrong? Right, the total opposite thing happened to Hammond's dream everything went wrong. His bright idea of a theme park had gone haywire and every safety precaution he thought he had taken seemed to be backfiring on him. The genius groups of scientists that he had hired seem to be getting less and less smart by the minute. Nothing was going right for him at this time, all his hard work and money was drifting faster away by the second. How could anyone be able to turn this park around and make it a theme park safe enough for tourists?
Jurassic Park is a very fast pace book with many exciting moments. It keeps the reader's nose deep in the book, unable to put it down. Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park was a great novel, which inspired the suspenseful movie. The book shares the same adventure, drama, and excitement as the movie. The book has many gruesome parts, but this only adds to the thrill and detail, which will pull the reader into the story. As a big fan of the movie you will love reading Michael Crichton's version of Jurassic Park.

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Summary: A tyrannosauras review
Review: Michael Crichton creates a horrifying master piece called Jurassic Park. A supernatural science thriller that sends chills down the spines of everyone that reads the book. It is a book everyone should read.
Jurassic Park is a book about an amusement park, though this amusement park is much different from any other amusement park. It is a Jurassic Park. A park full of cloned dinosaurs. The man who organized the parks construction was named John Hammond. Before the park was opened to the public John Hammond invited guests he selected to tour the park. All the characters John invited were very intelligent in different ways. Dr. Allen Grant was a well respected paleontologist and his student Ellie Sattler was on her way to becoming a paleontologist. Ian Malcolm was a mathmaiton that specialized in the chaos theory. The last guest invited was an investor from Ingen. These were not the only characters in the book Jurassic Park, though they were key characters in the book. John Hammond thought he had all the dinosaurs under control until something went very wrong. The parks pone lines and power went out. All the dinosaurs were free to brake through the electrical fences. The worst part was that know one knew how to get the power back on. Now they are being hunted why they are desperately calling for help. The fast action sequences will leave a person wanting more. If a person read this book they would half to read the sequel. Michael Crichton ends Jurassic Park with an excellent twist. People that don't like Michael Crichton should change there mind.

A Review by Aaron

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Summary: Beautiful and terrifying at the same time
Review: This is the first Crichton novel I read. After seeing the movie, that I loved, I ran to the store to get the book. Not only was the book very different from the movie, but ten times better. It is written beautifully by MC. This guy has one hell of an imagination that makes you feel like you are the one running from the T-Rex, screaming not to be eaten by rapters, and gasping at the huge brontosaurs. If you enjoyed the movie, take the time to pick up this book. It is increadible. 5 stars.

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Summary: Michael Crichton rOOlz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Jurassic Park was a very fun, exciting book written by Michael Crichton. I really enjoyed the action in the book; however, some of it was gruesome and disgusting. Many people died, but who cares anyway. In the book Richard Hammond clones dinosaurs with ancient blood from bugs trapped in amber. He used the DNA to clone dinosaurs to make lots and lots of MONEY!!! But sometimes the dinosaurs escaped and reeked havoc on the park. Eventually the dinosaurs can reproduce making loads and LOADS of vicious velociraptors. How will they control the dinos? Read the book to find out.

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Summary: Great read!
Review: Although I'm a huge fan of the feature film made from this book, the film does not do the book justice. As is usually the case, the book is usually better than the movie. Even if you've already seen the movie, you've got to read the book...it's one of Michael Crichton's best!

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Summary: Crichton is a Master
Review: Michael Crichton's staggering talent never shines more brilliantly than in this novel. If you liked the film, you'll love the novel. If you shy away from blockbusters and surrounding hype, don't do yourself the disservice of writing this book off as pulp. It is a startlingly educational, high-suspense novel that wraps a fantastic crisis in a strong (if obvious) moral message. This is unquestionably in the top ten of the thousand or so books I have read. Enjoy!

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Summary: Engaging read
Review: When I was in 6th grade, some years ago, I had the habit of ignoring my teacher. I wasn't like most kids though, and only talked or daydreamed. I read. And when my teacher asked what i was doing, I simply replied, "Reading a great book- is that a problem?"
See, the book I was reading was "Jurassic Park". I read for teh first time five years ago, and consider it mandatory to read it at least once a year. I never grow tired of it. Although it certainly isn't a classic, or even great literature, it is an intelligent, interesting novel.
It has a great storyline, though it can be a bit too fantastic at times. And the ending leaves much to be desired. However, this is a fun book, an easy read. Enjoy!

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Summary: Jurasic Park
Review: Island of Death
Realistic suspense. That's the way to describe Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park. He combines realism with tension to make a great novel. The ingenious ideas and terrifying suspense make this book great.
The main characters run into countless problems through out the book. For example, the dinosaurs escape and terrorize the park. Once they dinosaurs start destroying the park, it was like a movie playing in front of my eyes. The characters increased the drama by narrowly escaping, most of the time. As well as bloodcurdling dinosaurs, the antagonist causes the suspense. He turns off the main power, to every electric object on the island. The main characters scramble to solve the problem. The complication in the plot fill the book with non-stop suspense.
This book is also filled with intelligent ideas, making the story realistic. For instance, the character, Ian Malcolm has complex theories through out the book. If I could change one part of the book it would be how intricate these theories were. It made the story boring, and hard to read. But, aside from that, how the dinosaurs were created was clever. The idea of dinosaurs today is far-fetched. But this made the story easier to believe. The cunning ideas in the novel help the story more believable.
This book was able to take a far-fetched idea, and create a riveting suspenseful novel. This book was fun to read and hard to put down. Due to clever ideas and vivid cinematic adventure, this book is a great choice to read

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Summary: A book that was ahead of its time
Review: When this book came out in 1990, it introduced the general public to the concept of cloning. A decade before the whole cloning controversy took hold, Michael Crichton was ahead of the game, writing a novel about the negative consequences of tampering with nature. Sure, "Jurassic Park" is about cloning large dangerous animals who munch on humans, but the message is all the same.

I've read this book at least four times, and each time the book never ceases to thrill and amaze. It's a definite page-turner, and I would recommend setting aside a day or two so you won't have to put it down! :) If you like the movie, you'll like the book even more. It's like the movie to the tenth power. There is more action, more science, more everything. What is so compelling about the story is that it *could* happen. Scientists *could* find dinosaur blood preserved inside the bodies of prehistoric mosquitoes trapped in amber. They *could* extract enough DNA to recreate prehistoric life. As usual, Crichton's science is solid and well-researched, and always slightly ahead of the curve. Though some elements of the novel are outdated due to its age, the message about cloning and tampering with nature could not be more timely. All those scientists who want to clone humans should read this book and think twice about their actions.

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Summary: Can't Put it Down
Review: Sometimes, in reading science fiction books, readers get lost in the scientific mumbo-jumbo of it all. Other times, the story is the predominant feature and the scientific parts of the book are overlooked. Jurassic Park is one of the rare books that pleases both perspectives. While some of the ideas are far-fetched (what sci-fi book doesn't have those?), the story makes it all believable and entertaining at the same time. The book was so well-written that it puts the movie version to shame! Even Steven Spielberg (in my opinion) could not capture all the book had to offer. This is a quick read that could be completed in a weekend or over a few nights. This made me a Michael Crichton fan!