The Lost World

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Summary: A Perfect Sequel
Review: The Lost World was a perfect sequel to Jurassic Park. It extends the great excitement and adventure that was in the first book with many twists and turns. In the book Malcolm and a team locate a second island that was a sort of factory for the dinosaurs. Their fellow researcher Levine decides to go off on his own and explore the island. He is attacked and left stranded on the island. So Malcolm then puts together a group to go rescue Levine. As in Jurassic Park, there are lots of close encounters with dinosaurs. For example a T-Rex at one point pushes their camper over a 500 ft cliff.
The plot in my opinion is very exciting. When I was reading the book I could not tell what was going to happen next. At one point the team is safe on the island in state of the art campers. Then next thing you know everything is destroyed and the team is forced to flee into the compound onto the island. But the thing that was most compelling about the book was the characters.
In my opinion the characters were very well explained. The most complex of all the characters is Malcolm. He seems to be scarred form the events of the first book. And for a portion of the book, he will not even admit what happened on the first island. He seems to be deeply troubled. Some other characters are Richard Levine and Sara Harding. Richard is a smart and annoying paleontologist. He is known as one the best in his field. Sara is a wildlife biologist who comes on the rescue mission.
This book is a definite page turner and is a must have for all Jurassic Park fans. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.


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Summary: Dan R MUST READ!
Review: Six years afterward, Ian Malcolm still has nightmares about his skin-of-the-teeth escape from Jurassic Park. Like everyone else connected with that debacle - an eccentric millionaire's attempt to establish the world's most spectacular amusement park by recreating long extinct dinosaurs - Malcolm denies knowing anything about such matters. But a man named Lewis Dodgson, who once paid computer programmer Dennis Nedry to steal dinosaur embryos, knows what happened. Dodgson also knows that there's another island off Costa Rica where the "factory" supplying Jurassic Park once operated. Dodgson remains determined to find that abandoned facility, for his own ruthless reasons. Meanwhile, scientist Richard Levine also wants to find that island - and Ian Malcolm finds himself drawn back into a nightmare he barely survived before.

This book is at least as good a read as Jurassic Park, and in one way I found it better. I thoroughly enjoyed Sarah Harding. Author Crichton's women usually lack credibility with me, but in this one - a wildlife biologist who even in the midst of life-threatening chaos takes time to mentor a talented young girl, and who never, ever gives up! - he's created a character who lives and breathes.



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Summary: Yeah
Review: I purchased this book from Amazon and love it. The story is gripping and compelling. Its one of those books you just can't stop reading no matter how late it is or how bad you have to pee. And if you are a student who wishes to be a paleontologist or just think paleontology is neat then you will enjoy this book even more.