“This island,” Malcolm said, “is Hammond’s dirty little secret. It’s the dark side of his park.” [p. 143]
I actually wanted to read the first novel in the series, Jurassic Park, but it's unaccountably unavailable as an ebook. Instead, I went with The Lost World, the second in the series: I only vaguely recall the film.
I find I have very little to say about The Lost World. It's competently written, with occasional flashes of lyricism (mostly in the dialogue of rock-star chaotician Ian Malcolm); it discusses some of the arguments about the ethics of bringing extinct animals back to life; it has two 'adorable' children, who stow away on a super-dangerous expedition but prove their worth; it is quite cinematic whilst still being oddly boring about dinosaurs. One of the high points was the characters' realisation that the genetically-engineered dinosaurs don't behave like their fossilised counterparts because they don't have the instincts or the social environment. There must be better novels about dinosaurs out there: recommendations welcome!
Fulfils the ‘Chapters have cliffhangers’ rubric of the 52 books in 2023 challenge.
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