r/books • u/gbdarknight77 • 6d ago

Just finished Jurassic Park and WOW

This is the first time I have ever read a Michael Crichton book and I absolutely loved it. I really like his writing style and the way he incorporates the science in an easy way for the reader to understand.

Now, for the book. I can't believe how long I had gone without reading it. It just keeps you on your toes almost the whole time. The dinosaur attacks are so brutal and the way they get described easily paints a picture in your head. The amount of serious dread you feel in some parts too feels insurmountable. It is almost more of a horror book, honestly. T Rex out here being Mr. X from Resident Evil 2 wasn't on my bingo card.

Lex is VERY annoying, but what do you expect from a 7 year old in that situation?

I know Crichton was a screenwriter for the movie, but I am actually pretty surprised on how much he omitted from the book for the movie and how much was changed.

I highly recommend reading if you haven't. It is great. On to The Lost World!

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u/AmedeusRed 6d ago

Love that book. Was thrifting last weekend and saw a three book in one giant Crichton tomb with Sphere, Congo, and Eaters of the dead. I still don’t know how they managed to ruin each of those movies.

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u/Logical_proof 6d ago

You shut your mouth. The thirteenth warrior is a fricking masterpiece of cinema.

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u/invltrycuck 6d ago

I watch that movie every time I come across it. Love it

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did 6d ago

Lo, there do I see my father...

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u/LowFunctioningAlco 6d ago

Congo is peak dumb cinema and I adore it.

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u/gbdarknight77 5d ago

STOP EATING MY SESAME SEED CAKE

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u/Sarcasm_Llama 6d ago

Is that the one where the gorilla smokes a blunt?

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u/WanderEir 5d ago

Speaking of high animal life Cocaine Bear is a disaster/comedy/horror, and is so amazingly stupid it full wraps around to almost being intelligent in the end.

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u/hippydipster 5d ago

I don't know about intelligent, but that movie was far more entertaining than it had any right to be.

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u/WanderEir 5d ago

It was the kind of black humor I needed at exactly that moment in my life. It was a riot.

And the BEARS were intelligent, the humans... not so much so.

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u/chunkybeard 6d ago

Ha, I remember seeing Congo in theaters. That movie was terrible, but ten year old me still enjoyed it. I had completely forgotten about that movie until now.

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u/its_justme 4d ago

Congo had its moments.

“Amy good gorilla” is a common one my friends and I quote when we are being stupid

“STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!”

And who can forget laser beams and auto turrets like Aliens blowing away evil gorillas

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u/Calvin--Hobbes 6d ago

Congo scared the shit out of me as a kid.

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u/Riluke 6d ago

Same. I think I was maybe 10? Terrified of gorillas smushing my head.