Reviews and Comments

Not really a big fan of Crichton's work, but I've been meaning to read this ever since I saw the movie decades ago. Interesting to note that I could not separate my reading of it from hearing and picturing Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough's characters in my head, but none of the others. A light-hearted fun read, as any box that was written as a screenplay for an action movie will be

(btw, was a different edition, but bookwyrm can't find the Arrow books copy)

The backward looking ineptness of the English, the forward looking industriousness of the Chinese. Unlikable characters, but seems to sum up the fading of Empire and handover of Hong Kong

I found it different to the first two, which I had to re-read as its been so many years since I read them. Finally done, interesting enough, I did find it a little predictable in places

A quick re-read so now I can restart number three and figure out what is going on -- had to revisit them one after I got ten pages into the third book for the first time and had no idea what was happening

Read this one and the sequel nine years ago, then finally picked up a copy of the third and started it recently ... but found I wanted to re-read the first two

What can I say, I mostly knew what was about to happen, but still gripping enough as i went through

Absolutely loved it, just refreshingly different and gripping. Another one that's been in the "to do" pile for far too long. It helped that it brought back memories of a month or two in Jo'burg

Working my way through my summer reading and the endless pile of books. Near future SF that I found more enjoyable and gripping than some of his other works, once a few suspensions of disbelief were made

read this over 25 years ago before travelling to Spain, then years later stumbled on a copy of a 2 volume edition in a 2nd shop. Been sitting on the shelf for years, decades... Holds up well, I love the way Michener describes his surrounds, even if it was from another thirty years earlier. Some things change enormously, some won't

I guess I need to read volume 2 now

Not really a review, just my ramblings about it. I've had the ebook for years but never got around to reading it, graphic novels aren't really my thing, and when I read them I much prefer a paper copy, the electronic version just doesn't grab me as much

Writing this a month later and I can't remember much of the story, just vague impressions of the art. Maybe I'll reread a paper copy one day

Enjoyable enough, I've read it a few years ago and it was one of the few things on my ereader when I needed something and couldn't connect online

Seems a bit simplistic, aimed at a young adult audience. Enjoyable enough for a quick read

Gripping, all too believable how it plays out. A typo. where someone "peddles" a bike rather than "pedals" it annoyed me far more than it should. Not convinced that the three books can be read standalone, perhaps the first one, but I don't think number two and three will stand alone

Quickly readable, aimed at a young audience, enjoyable enough but the author draws out each point endlessly, turning it into a "howto" for every topic mentioned