My Jurassic Park book review

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book is nothing like the movie and that’s something that I found so intriguing. The OG movie is great. Spielberg made it extremely palatable for the masses and it has an incredible visual style that has lasted the test of time. BUT! This novel has such incredible depth, I sometimes forgot it is fiction. It is entirely different from the movie and that had me filling in gaps making this a rounded event. Crichton did an incredible amount of speculative research, and his imagination and creativity was unparalleled when writing this novel.

What makes this novel so incredible is the horror aspects. Though the movie does have moments especially towards the end of the film that are horrific, the novel is waaaaay darker from beginning to end. I won’t spoil it but some of these scenes are nightmare fuel and its awesome.

Tried watching some of the Chris Pratt movies while reading this. I love the actor but damn the movies suck in comparison to the source material. I think if a director were to come out with a film more in spirit of this novel, a true horror rated R, I think we would have a gem on our hands. But so long as Jurassic Park is marketed to the masses, I don’t think we will be getting anything as in depth, creative, or horrific as the world Crichton brought to life. Also the characters in the book are entirely believable and don’t suffer from millennial garbage dialogue. (Thats just me ranting about the Pratt movies with flat characters and eye-rolling language of the movie. They’re so unserious and cringey it really takes the tension out of any potentially interesting scenes) Every scene in the book is interesting and glues your eyes to the page.

That being said, this novel is a must read for sci-fi horror lovers out there. These are just my opinions.



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