Helpful Score: 1
Deftly scientific and human as always, but lacking the close perspective of "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World." Jack Forman is a stay-at-home dad to his three children while his wife works in a research lab. When he's called in as a consultant, Jack discovers the dangerous nanotechnology that Xymos has been building. The first third of the book, which details the daily minutiae of Jack's life with his kids, is interesting, and Crichton pays good attention to detail, but the leap into the scientific part is uneven, and the book never really returns to the family side of the Formans. Crichton brings up some good points about ethical responsibility, but much of it was already covered in "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World." An entertaining read nonetheless, even if it does seem a bit unfinished.
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