If I were rating this book on originality, I would give it zero out of five. The story offers us another island, another investigative group of scientists and another load of slavering dinosaurs on the loose. In short, it is practically a complete rerun of 'Jurassic Park'! The 'other' island in question is 'Site B', the actual breeding ground for the dinosaurs that populated Jurassic Park. The chaos mathematician Ian Malcolm (the character played by Jeff Goldblum in the film 'Jurassic Park') states that he always believed in the possibility of the existence of such a place - he felt the births that were witnessed on the original ...  Read the complete review

Reading Jurassic Park left me much keener than I had expected to read the sequel, and my local library helpfully provided a copy of The Lost World to read on my lunch break. Oops. Instead of picking up where the first book had left us - dinosaurs migrating into the mountains of Central America - this wanders off in a totally unexpected direction - the 'secret lab' island that was apparently the flip side to the shiny science showcase of the original island. I deduce from other people's comments that this is a follow on to the film, not the book. Unfortunately it does feel that having had the one blockbuster success, this was intended to hone the ...  Read the complete review

Some where, some how, along the misty recesses of time, this book was passed over by many because, as many people will tell you "There's a film of that, you know." Or remark "There's a book about this film, too." How? I don't know. But all I can say is that it is a great shame. If you haven't read this book, then get it, and read it, and see what you've missed. You'll be amazed at how different it is from the film - characters disregarded, scenes chopped about here and there with one's from the original Jurassic Park book - also brilliant - and, for some reason, a farcical rampage through San Francisco. All, in ...  Read the complete review

I must admit that I was unsure about how good this book was going to be. I saw the film first but now after reading book, I see that it has been struck by the great book, bad film curse. The book is alot different to the film in terms of action, pace and scientific explanation! The plot is brilliantly written and involves Malcolm ( reluctantly going to find out what happened to his scientic 'friend' Dr Levine vanishes on an island inhabited by a range of creatures. As all of this is going on, another corporation looking to get onto the island to try and get some samples so they can create some Dinosaurs of their own. what follows is aadventure story of the ...  Read the complete review

As a movie buff, I watched the movie first, and enjoyed it tremendously, and after a few years, I found the book and discovered that it has much more to offer than the movie. The Lost World is just one of the victims of a bad movie adaptation cause they got many things wrong. You don't even need the movie to understand the fast-paced scenes and storyline, with Michael Crichton's velvety and descriptive words, you just need the book. Although lacking in humor, the plot and characters are interesting enough to keep you flipping through the pages. The first few pages are a little dry, but I promise, things are gonna pick up after it. Michael really knows his ...  Read the complete review