Jurassic park written by Michael Crichton. First published in Great Britain in 1991 by the Random Century Group. Michael Crichton wrote 17 books and directed many movies. He died to throat cancer in 2008.
The book is mix of thriller and scifi story. It was made into a very exciting film in 1993 by Steven Spielberg.
Main characters of the book are Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcom, Donald Gennaro, John Hammond and Tim and Lex Murphy. Other characters are Bob Morris, Dennis Nedry, Ed Regis, John Arnold, Robert Muldoon, Henry Wu and Dr Harding. They all are linked to each other because John Hammond invited everyone of them to visit the island. Alan and Ellie are investigating together history of the earth and plants.
Plot of the story centralizes on the island John Hammond has turned into Jurassic Park. He invites different kind of experts from different kind of professions to investigate the island and to make sure it’s safe to open to public. Everything seems to be fine until something sudden happens.
Story is told by omniscient narrator. Language of the book isn’t very hard and the back of the book contains explanations for difficult words so it’s easy to check if some word is difficult or challenging.
What I think about this book? I think that the book was very interesting since there was so much hype when the movies came and I hadn’t seen them. Book was rather short but I didn’t think it was a problem. There were pictures that clarified what happened in the text which was very good idea. And the explanations that were behind the book were very useful given the fact that I didn’t need them very much. But to someone who is poor in English it’s very good thing. Reading an English novel was pretty fun. It was different from reading a Finnish novel. But in a good way.