Beverly Cooper answers “Is it as scary as the movie? The movie was...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1):

Is it as scary as the movie? The movie was a little scary and I 'm not in the mood of any Stephen King right now.

Beverly Cooper This book blows the movie "out dah window!" It is definitely written for a more intelligent audience, especially Crichton's explanation of the "Chaos …moreThis book blows the movie "out dah window!" It is definitely written for a more intelligent audience, especially Crichton's explanation of the "Chaos Theory" and it's use in creating the, er, "dinosaurs..."
The book depicts the characters completely different than the movie does, in terms of their importance, personalities, relationships to the overall story and each other,etc. Actually, once you begin reading it, you may not be able to put it down literally - I know I couldn't... (less)

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Ophélie I wonder if anyone could have said it better than you did ! thank you
May 25, 2016 10:14AM · flag

Beverly Cooper Thank you! I actually introduced this book to a group of advanced 6th graders. They loved it so much, that they threw a "Jurassic Park" movie party fo ...more
May 26, 2016 11:17AM · flag

Beverly Cooper Just for the record, comparing Michael Crichton's writing style to Stephen King's, is like trying compare apples to strawberries. In other words, ther ...more
May 23, 2017 08:52AM · flag

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