The Lost World

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Summary: A serious study after the shock value of Jurassic is over
Review: This is the answer book for all the questions you had about Jurassic park. Crichton spends less time on shocking you about dinosuars and begins to answer the question of how? How did the dinosaurs survive without the Lysine? What happens to the major characters and did the project really work that well? Malcom returns to find the answers he had been hiding from in the LOST WORLD

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Summary: It's not "Back to the Park", but it might as well be.
Review: If you've read "Jurassic Park", you might as well have read "The Lost World". One of the original characters is in this book-- and of all the ones you WOULDN'T expect it to be, it's Ian Malcolm, the Mathematician. Yes, I know he died in the first book, but it seems he was only dead for a little while. That's only the first dodge in this predictable sequel. Remember the mix in "Park"? Precocious kids with computer skills? Adults trying to protect the kids from the dinos, and everything going wrong? Guess what-- it's that same mix again. Surprise, surprise. Crichton is a master at pulling in things that are on the borderline of current science, and this book is no exception. Here, he talks about "prions", which are proteins that can be infectious and can even be passed on genetically as autosomes. They are even more primitive than viruses, and don't even have the savvy to inject themselves into a body. For science-types, this is the highpoint of the book. Yes, our old fiends the raptors are in this book, as is everybody's favorite Godzilla-archetype, T.Rex. Crichton goes quite out on a limb as to dino parenting, and seemingly has a good time with it. Too bad the reader doesn't. All in all, an okay book to get out of the library, but to spend the hardback price for it --or even the paperback price-- seems excessive. You might, however, wait for the inevitable movie...

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Summary: No better than J. Park...
Review: Almost the nice place for the mental softlanding after that excitement in JP. Raptors, Rex, Compys, Stego, Triceratops, Apato and Duck-bills again. But no Dilos. Good-mother and Camelleons are new. Mainly observations of Dinos and killings of Raptors in the story. Interesting arguement on evolution and extinction. But not deep. The raptors were much smarter in JP, but now they are just the herd of stupid killing animals. Expected more interactions within the main charactors.

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Summary: A cheap screen play for Jurassic Park 2
Review: Kids who serve no purpose other than to reflect the first version of this story. A scientist resurrected for the sole purpose of writing a sequel. Anyone who enjoyed the first book (NOT the movie!!!) will realize that the book was a low attempt getting a chance at the big movie money again. I'm sure the special effects will be good, but the story came straight out of that big pile of triceratops dung in part 1.

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Summary: Almost as good as Jurassic Park was!
Review: I have to say that this being a sequel for Jurassic Park I didn't expect it to be as good, but it's great. In this book we find that not all of the dinosaurs were killed, we join once again Ian Malcolm and other new characters as they try to unravel the mystery of the dinosaurs that still exist in an island in the coasts of Costa Rica. Many questions that were left unanswered in Jurassic Park are answered in this new book, which is as interesting and suspenseful as the first one

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Summary: Sequel to Crichtons Jurasic Park, Dinos on the Rampage again
Review: I didn't like this book very much. Why: Well because of a number of reasons. First of all the book is a rehap of the movie Jurasic Park. The cute kids have absolutely no function in the story, and should be left out. The fact that dinos act differently than in JP. ETC

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Summary: Great book! I stayed up all night to read it.
Review: Okay, so we all know that this book is the sequel to Jurassic Park.
It deserves a high rating as far as I'm concerned, ONLY because
I thought that some of the philosophy of life and evolution were worth
pondering upon. Don't get me wrong, this book is not full of jargon
or anything else, it's simply a book worth reading, no matter what people say.
The element of suspense now is rather lacking, but hey, there's no such thing as a perfect book!


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Summary: Disappointing. A "Jurassic Park" clone...nothing new.
Review: Essentially the same characters as "Jurasic Park" but the names have been changed. Plus, Crichton forgot that Ian Malcom was killed in "JP" and brought him back as a main character. Crichton can do better and has. Don't waste money on this book. Don't even go to the film, when it's made. Wait for the video and rent it from a Buck-a-Movie video rental

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Summary: Liked it
Review: As others have noted, this was not up to Jurassic Park, which I enjoyed a lot more. It WAS a page-turner and I didn't want to put it down. I understand why some authorsdon't want to do sequels, because they inevitably suffer in comparison

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Summary: Great, but slight disappointment.
Review: If you liked Jurassic Park (or, as in my case, loved it) you will like this book. It has some interesting philisophical points and toward the end gets incredibly exciting, but is a definite drop in quality from the first. But it is rare when you get a sequal better than the first... GREAT BOOK! Crichton has my applause.