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Hannah
May 06, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
This is one of those books that I have known about, but never gotten around to reading. Thanks to COVID-19, I'm really branching out! And this book was a great find.

Dr. Alan Grant is called away from his dig in Montana to go and visit an island in Costa Rica for a "weekend of consultation", along with his colleague Ellie. They are joined by Ian Malcolm, a mathematician who waxes way too long about chaos theory. The three of them were consultants for John Hammond several years ago and he wants to
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Jayadevi Arjoon
May 13, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
After yeas of being a huge fan of the Jurassic Park movie, I finally decided to read the book, and it certainly did not disappoint! I enjoyed the more fleshed-out characterisation of Gennaro, Grant and Malcolm (though I will say that it feels like the author didn't do much service to his female characters). Crichton's descriptions of the dinos are quite detailed and vivid.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I'm secretly happy that it isn't going to detract from my enjoyment of the movies.
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Eric
Feb 21, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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May 14, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Shelves: 5-stars
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Jul 26, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 31, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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