The Lost World

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Summary: A Perfect Sequel
Review: The Lost World was a perfect sequel to Jurassic Park. It extends the great excitement and adventure that was in the first book with many twists and turns. In the book Malcolm and a team locate a second island that was a sort of factory for the dinosaurs. Their fellow researcher Levine decides to go off on his own and explore the island. He is attacked and left stranded on the island. So Malcolm then puts together a group to go rescue Levine. As in Jurassic Park, there are lots of close encounters with dinosaurs. For example a T-Rex at one point pushes their camper over a 500 ft cliff.
The plot in my opinion is very exciting. When I was reading the book I could not tell what was going to happen next. At one point the team is safe on the island in state of the art campers. Then next thing you know everything is destroyed and the team is forced to flee into the compound onto the island. But the thing that was most compelling about the book was the characters.
In my opinion the characters were very well explained. The most complex of all the characters is Malcolm. He seems to be scarred form the events of the first book. And for a portion of the book, he will not even admit what happened on the first island. He seems to be deeply troubled. Some other characters are Richard Levine and Sara Harding. Richard is a smart and annoying paleontologist. He is known as one the best in his field. Sara is a wildlife biologist who comes on the rescue mission.
This book is a definite page turner and is a must have for all Jurassic Park fans. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.


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Summary: The Best Novel I have EVER Read!
Review: This novel by Michael Crichton is his best that I have ever read! He keeps up the intensity and action, but he keeps all of the characters very down to earth. What I really liked about The Lost World was that it had many exaggerations and made-up objects, yet it's very real. The scientific facts and action is what really kept me into the novel. This book really gets you into dinosaurs with all of its energy. The criterion has a lot of explanation and science to it. However, what really caught me on was all of the hard-core excitement! The bits and pieces that I myself liked the most was the parts where they all panicked and like Oh My God were going to die! Michael put a lot of emphasis into that which made it awesome!
Some of the things that I disliked were that he killed of my favorite character, Eddie! Eddie had a big role in the novel but not as big as Malcolm or Sarah, or Dodgeson for that matter. So, that was a disappointing part in the novel. Another thing I don't like is that he jumps around from place to place and it gets very confusing.
But overall I really liked this novel because it takes you back to when you were a child and loved to play with those plastic dinosaurs of yours. Therefore, if you want a hard-core action and excitement book get Michael Crichton's, The Lost World.