The Lost World: A Novel

Michael Crichton

Jan 2001 · Ballantine Books

About this ebook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo comes the sequel to the smash-hit Jurassic Park, a thriller that’s been millions of years in the making.
 
“Fast and gripping.”—The Washington Post Book World
 
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public.
 
There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
 
“Harrowing thrills . . . fast-paced and engaging.”—People
 
“A very scary read.”—Entertainment Weekly
 
“Action-packed.”—New York Daily News
 
“An edge-of-the-seat tale.”—St. Petersburg Times

Ratings and reviews

If I were to rate the last few chapters separately it would be a 4; a small oasis of Good Stuff sandwiched between soggy bread. The characters were OK, the story OK, delivery OK, the action OK, ... Malcolm's rants were awesome; which is probably why he wasn't dead-dead from the first book. In the end I was entertained but wouldn't put this high on my list to re-read.

Rokaan Al-Zeer 10/2/11 If there's anything that attracts me, its dinosaurs. I love dinosaurs. Who doesn’t. They're mysterious, filled with power, and are scary. Except "The land before time", those dinos are cute. I'm a giant fan of Jurassic Park, i loved the movie as a kid and i have the book at home. When i heard a sequel was written, I had very high expectations for this sequel. But so did its demographic. People loved the book and movie and Michael Crichton was pressured to write a sequel. The overall result is mediocre. I felt that this sequel was rushed and it wasn't as good as the first. The description of the characters and the dinosaurs were very good and specific and just like the first book, i felt like I was there. The problem I had with this book is that its themes from the first book are repeated. The fact that life is precious and that we have to leave other types of life alone. The rest is that most of the story is boring. Most of the book is about how Dinosaurs live. At one point, I questioned whether I was reading a Jurassic Park book and I thought I was reading a book about dinosaurs in general. I felt very uninterested and uninvested in the characters unlike Jurassic Park. The book gets at a good pace towards the end because of the action and suspense that takes place there. Overall, The Lost World is a bad follow up to Jurassic Park. It's an ok type of book but i prefer reading the first book more.

Six years from the disaster Malcolm learns of a secret island near the ashes of isla nublar Malcolm while trying to keep the secret island a secret also tries to see why the inhabintants are still alive, and of course try to stay alive himself not to mention keep everyone else alive as well. Michael Chrichton's sequel to the bestseller "Jurassic Park" Michael Chrichton's "The Lost World"

About the author

Michael Crichton’s novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, and The Lost World. He was as well the creator of the television series ER. Crichton died in 2008.