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This book is so much better than the movie. You feel the breath of the T rex on your face and the sharp nails of the raptor down your back. I really liked all his books in this series. He is an amazing writer.

As a novel, "Jurassic Park" is Michael Crichton's most compelling literary effort, presenting a much deeper, darker, more carefully developed story than the Hollywood incarnation. In terms of similarities to the 1993 film, Crichton's "Jurassic Park" novel is, at best, a very distant relative. As you might expect, the book is bigger...with many more characters, more dinosaurs, more danger. It's also more intelligent, detailing the inner-workings of Theme Parks, Genetic Engineering, Animal Behavior, and Chaos Theory.

Fortunately, I read the book before seeing the movie. First it was fascinating, then horrifying, but an enjoyable read throughout.

Science Fiction at its best. Characters and story flow smoothly together to make this a very good read . A little slow to start and slows down in places with too much technological information and chaos theory explanations but once the action starts its a roller coaster thriller to the end.

This book was awesome! Crichton does a great job reeling the reader into a well woven story. Just as good as his other novels :)

Great book especially for those who like some science thrown in. I read it when it originally came out and now my daughter is going to read it - she wants to go into genetics so it is a great fit. Don't be put off if you saw the movie - this is a different, much better story!