Jurrasic Park

Two hundred and something pages into Jurassic Park, I would say that this is my favorite book that I have read in a high school class, second is Kite Runner. I saw the movie but had never read the book, and I am not ready to call on which I liked better. I read the sequel to Jurassic Park, The Lost World, over the summer because it was at my house and I felt like reading it. After reading half of the first and all of the second, I like the first book better. However, after reading this first book I think I will read it again and see if I enjoy it any better.

One of the things that I like about the book is how it seems realalistic with all of the explanations and scientific jargon used. I like Crichton's writing style and I like how he does a good job at explaining very complicated topics, and making them fit in with the story. An example of this is chaos theory. He uses the character Ian Malcolm to explain chaos theory and to foreshadow that there will be trouble at Jurassic Park.

I hope that we will read more books and watch more movies that incorporate realistic science fiction elements. I thought that The Day the Earth Stood Still was unrealistic, and most of the short stories were also, but Jurassic Park is actually plausible.