#29 Jurassic Park by Micheal Creighton

It’s funny, about every five or so books I have to go through and reevaluate all my books and where I have them listed. Almost every book I sit and look at the ones above it and say. What books do I like the least of the final 30. Is this it…. Maybe… maybe… then I finally pick.

I really find this book in the same category as the Robert Langdon books, they are interesting and are really based on a lot of fact. There is a lot of science in these books. I say these because there are a number of them that really stand out. I really only wanted to highlight one of his books, I am a fan, but not a huge fan. I almost gave it to Andromeda Strain. I found that one terrifying, and the movie rolled out when I was a kid. Yet there are other good books, West world, Sphere, or Prey. But in the end, i will stick to Jurassic Park.

Of course, the movie drags you into it, but the book adds that feeling of horror. Nedry is poisoned in his eyes, and crawling out through the jungle to escape the poison spitting dinos. Then he is eaten alive. That is a horrifying prospect, and he was doing it for money.

The fatherly image of the guy that made the park is uncovered a bit more. You see his greed, and avarice. He is so proud of the things that he has created. Not others, but him. This is all his making.

The characters are so real, and they make the science believable, everything about it could have been done. So you feel this place could have been built, and the catastrophe will unfold how it will. Life will find a way, and it does.

I read this after the movie, like so many did. I actually did not put together the fact that he had written the Andromeda Strain. That is also heavily based in science. When I realized it, it was an eye opener, and I appreciated this book even more. A book from my teen years that I loved, and a book from my adult years. So they all come together.