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Summary: Well written, suspenseful, shows Crichton's knowledge
Review: Michael Crichton is my favorite author, and this book shows his ability to write a very good book without a lot of action and blood. This Book misleads you and many places, (E.g., you think the man in the white robe, Peter Jackson, killed the men retrieving the space probe)and eventually leads up to a good yet unsatisfying ending. Crichton also does a good job explaining some of the terms he uses. He also lets the reader know about things the characters don't, like that Leavitt is epileptic, and that Burton made a big mistake when he forgot to autopsy the anticoagulated black norway rats. Overall, this is a great book, although a little more action would be nice.
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Summary: It wasn't all that good
Review: First of all, I thought it was very interesting at the begining. But as I reached the middle I found myself skipping paragraphs, just so I could get it over with. I can understand why they had to go through all those procedures but Crichton could have made it a little more thrilling. And to all the people who keep commenting about the bacteria itself, relax. Just try to imagine that such a bacteria exsists, it's only a book. Use your imagination !!!!
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Summary: Ugh
Review: I was assigned this book to read, and I found it to be very slow and really dull. It starts out allright, drags slowly throughout the middle, and ends entirely wrong.
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Summary: Important lessons
Review: For me it's the best book I ever read (even from Michael Crichton). At first I thought there would be some kind of magic involved, but in the end everything turned out to have a logical explanation. The book may be a little old by now, but it still contains important lessons. Perhaps they will help us to be prepared in similar cases, when we are getting into such extraordinary situations.
If you are interested in the government's handling procedures in such critical cases, you just have to read this book or Sphere, which I like very much too, and you'll at least have a very good insight. Thanks to M.C.
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Summary: Wow
Review: This was a very good book. My favorite part was when they were exploring the town. I recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Not bad; on the other hand not all that great either.
Review: I've read almost all of Crichton's novels and this seems second rate when compared to Sphere, Congo, and Jurassic Park. I've gotten use to the rigidity of Crichton's characters, and plot usually makes up by putting the characters in situations that they must immediately deal with. From this a reader of depth can draw their own characterizations and motivations for the characters. With this novel, however, the plot was often tedious and the writing seemed a bit contrived. Also, the biology error of having the entire population mutate instead of part of it mutating as the old population remains was rather glaring and dropped my rating from a 7 to a 6.
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Summary: This book is exceptionally well-written.
Review: This book appeals to those who like fiction that is given a technical base. Even those who are not in the technical field will appreciate it.
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Summary: The really frightening thing is that it could happen!!
Review: I loved this book, assigned to me as an outside reading assignment. Aside from the great story, there is a large amount of techincal information. The plot twists, which many people loathed, added to the realism of the book. After all, every twist in real life does not lead somewhere. A must read for anyone who likes modern literature. The scarriest thing is that it could someday happen!!
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Summary: It can't get any better!
Review: This is the best of Michael Crichton that I've read so far.
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Summary: Top of the line
Review: This is my favorite book in the world. Crichton is an extremely detailed and exciting writer. I can not believe I don't have all his books yet. That's what Amazon.com is for!
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