I was never into reading most of my life, but now I’m a junior in high school and after reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman in my English class I realized what I was missing out on. I told my family about this they were extremely excited. I asked my dad if he had any good book suggestions and he said that Michael Crichton was his favorite author and all of his books are great. I did some research and found out the wrote the novel version Jurassic Park . My family took me to Barns & Noble where we bought the two books. My father told me that he had read the books and that they were better than the movies. I finished reading Jurassic Park and I agreed with him. If you have not read it yet I highly recommend it.
Just finished reading it at around the same time lol. It’s a fun book
Looks like you’ve discovered the thrilling world of books! Jurassic Park is indeed a fantastic read, and it’s great that you enjoyed it. Michael Crichton’s storytelling is gripping. Happy reading!
One of my favorites! The audiobook is exceptional too!
Fantastic post OP
They really toned down the movie to be family friendly. It would’ve been R-rated if they went by the book. Lol.
I liked whimsical, reckless movie Hammond better than corporate asshole book Hammond though
Jurassic Park was my introduction into “adult” books after reading Harry Potter. It is so good!
I just read children of time and it reminded me of the great time I had reading Jurassic park . Great books
I read and reread Jurassic Park in middle school until it fell apart.
I really enjoyed it but understand why the movie was an improvement over the book. John Hammond as misguided huckster is a lot more compelling character than John Hammond corrupt corporate despot. I admit, though, for about a decade, I used to identify this as my all time favorite book.
The movie did no justice for the badass lawyer in the book
Crighton is fantastic! Sphere is one of my all time faves. I’m so glad you enjoyed JP!
I read Jurassic Park about 2 weeks ago and have already finished lost world and Andromeda strain since then. Just got Congo from the library, definitely got hooked on Crichton
For all that i disagree with crichton on many issues, he is a very good storyteller and good at setting up interesting elements in a story to keep you interested in it.
My favorite novel of all time! I think it’s a better story than the movie.
Never read the book since I already seen the movie numerous times. But since everyone is suggesting to read it once, I am going to next week! thanks for the suggestion!
The movie is perfection. But it’s a perfect movie.
The book just simply has more. More different dinos (there’s not just one T-Rex), more interactions between humans and dinos, and more talky-talky stuff (as my daughter would call it) that’s actually pretty interesting.
In the movie, there is t-Rex everywhere! 😂
It’s funny, in the movie, the T-Rex just magically shows up back at the main building to save the day. In the book, the T-Rex >!follows them all the way back from their initial encounter!<.