The Lost World is a thrilling sequel to Jurassic Park, where the action continues with more blood, death, and dinosaurs. The book explores themes of science, philosophy, and evolution as characters navigate through dangerous situations on an island full of cloned dinosaurs. Despite some criticisms of repetitiveness and slow pacing, the book offers suspense, adventure, and intriguing technical information about the prehistoric world.
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The book contains medium content warnings for violence and gore, particularly due to the nature of the dinosaurs and their actions.
From The Publisher:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo comes the sequel to the smash-hit Jurassic Park, a thriller that's been millions of years in the making.
"Fast and gripping."-The Washington Post Book World
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end-the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public.
There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
"Harrowing thrills . . . fast-paced and engaging."-People
"A very scary read."-Entertainment Weekly
"Action-packed."-New York Daily News
"An edge-of-the-seat tale."-St. Petersburg Times
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This book really doesn't need to exist, because there's nothing new about it. Crichton goes to great lengths to make this novel as similar to the first Jurassic Park as he can going as far as to revive the dead Ian Malcolm, create a daughter for veterinarian Harding, and bring in two new genius kids. That being said as unoriginal as it was it's still a quick fun read.
The dinosaur genre is to unexplored in my opinion! Would love to read a lot more if them. Liked this second and final (? I think) in the series. Was very intrigued by the plot and characters. Liked the way Michael Crichton handled giving info about the dinosaurs without feeling info dumpy in any way
The book starts off at a very slow pace, but picks up significantly around the halfway point and steadily improves from there.
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About the Author:
Michael Crichton was a writer, director, and producer, best known as the author of Jurassic Park and the creator of ER. One of the most recognizable names in literature and entertainment, Crichton sold more than 200 million copies of his books, which have been translated into 40 languages and…
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