Jurassic Park

emily_munro_2508 shared a tip "Late to the game reading this one. Great book but does have a lot of scientific terms. Still a page turner and much better than the movie."

yasmine_saleem shared a tip "FINALLY got to read the book that inspired my favorite movie of all time. It leaned a bit more towards the suspenseful/scary side and I LOVED it. You could actually feel the fear that would course through your veins if you encountered one of those dinosaurs. A book you'll blast through as soon as you pick it up"

tanner_vandiver shared a tip "The discriptiveness of the author is exquisite. This book gets a little dark but the suspensefulness is addicting. I couldn't stop till I was done and got Lost World before I was finished."

felicia_allen_4165 shared a tip "This book is different than the movie, but AMAZING! I went into it expecting more of the movie scenes (totally disappointed no one got eaten off the toilet) but I loved the book version as much as the movie!"

regina_alvarez_308 shared a tip "Much better than the movie! Although I loved the movie!! The book had more detail and character development! But of course the movie had better dinosaurs!"

boog shared a tip "Don’t make the same mistake I did and sleep on this book just because you’ve seen the movie. This book is action packed and way better than the movie. It’s a thriller you won’t want to put down"

katastrophe_413 shared a tip "Some repeats but still "technically apply" (Especially since Applies to "ALL" my lists since a lot don't show bunches of stuff when the curated leave stuff out that SHOULD apply ,2there own genre lists)"

sarah_rock shared a tip "I’m reading the lost world right now! Not as good as Jurassic park, in my opinion. I really enjoyed Ian Malcolm’s character throughout the whole book!"

alli_savage shared a tip "Immediately drawn from the first page all the way through the last. Found myself asking myself “why has it taken me my whole life to read this?”"

lee_smith_3369 shared a tip "An incredible piece of work. Relentless, thrilling, and very well thought out. The dinosaurs felt like living, breathing animals."

alexandria_carr_3221 shared a tip "Truly a classic! Takes you back to almost watching the movie all over again but, better! It is must read! Nice and easy to enjoy and catch thrills over!"

lisa_carde shared a tip "Great book read it in two sittings. I love Ian’s rants on evolution, the science and biology of this book. Gave me much more depth to the story. As soon as read this I rented the Jurassic Park movie and enjoyed it even more although there are some differences in the character roles. Still enjoyed so very much!!!"

dean_carangelo shared a tip "Yes, some characters traits are changed from the book to the movie as well as some of the plot. Both are great. The book, as with all Crichton books get pretty intellectual. Haven't found a Crichton book I didn't like."

john_tanner shared a tip "This is it, but a close second is 'dragon bones'... Less fiction but it's a wild ride through the old West in the eyes of a paleontologist."

becca_vogelpohl shared a tip "Not like the movie! If you like Hammond as a character do not read! If you want the truth and a more realistic version of what would happen if they start engineering dinosaurs, read this!"

hayley_brunmeier shared a tip "Read it in middle school, way after the movies were made. Made me freaking scared of dinosaurs. Would read chapters and have to set it down to go to sleep. The chapter with nedry and the acid spitting dinosaur was my favorite. Even if you have seen the movie (which I love) the book is so much better, so worth the read"

lex_1702 shared a tip "Great book if you're into dinosaurs and science. Obviously the science is a bit skewed and outdated, but it's fun to read the capitalists getting their asses eaten by the dinos. They had it comin'"

amanda_carlini shared a tip "The book can be a bit wordy with some outdated science but otherwise it's a fantastic read! The difference is in the book and the movie are really striking."

nesha_jennings shared a tip "Oh, I don't like the movie. I read the book first, and the movie is SO far off from the book, I can't enjoy it. There is one scene, however, that I did really like. When they're sitting in the jeep, and you see the water ripple. The intensity in that moment was phenomenal."

jake_deslo shared a tip "A fantastic amalgamation of science, dinosaurs and imagination. Chrichton enables you to suspend disbelief in this brilliant sci-fi classic!"

jessica_archer_1697 shared a tip "Michael Crichton is one of my favorites and I've read most of his novels starting at the age of 10. I also like Aldous Huxley, Gregory Maguire, Christopher Moore, Stephen King, and Paulo Coelho. My favorite book (technically a novella) is Voltaire's "Candide" because "We must tend our own garden." is my favorite quote ever. I'm also related to William Faulkner but his stream of consciousness style is irritating. Most of the people I am directly related to in the Faulkner family are."

rosa_ray_6500 shared a tip "Definitely different than the movie, but in a good way. The book fleshes out the characters and really gives a good idea of how far paleontology has come since 1990. Definitely reccomend."

nicole_starr_1725 shared a tip "I love to listen to Jurassic Park on audiobook. If you enjoyed the movie, you're in for a whole different treat here. (Pssst... the book is way different than the movie) but still very much a pre-historic rollercoaster ride."

antonio_saavedra shared a tip "Crichton does it again and writes a sci fi that seems soo possible. This book is engaging and captivating, more so than the movie (which surprised me)."

cailin_whitelock shared a tip "Definitely 👍 Its pretty different from the movie which I think makes it fun to compare. The movie is much more streamlined but there's a lot of fun parts of the book that didn't make it into the movie. I don't think that either one is better than the other, they're both their own thing. Forewarning though Lexie is incredibly annoying in the book. 🙄"