Reviews with content warning for Violence - The Lost World: Vergessene Welt

After I read Jurassic Park for the first time, back in 2020, a good friend lent me the sequel. Now, after only a year and three months, I have finished it and can return it! The Lost World has the same dinosaur related mayhem as the first with a slightly different premise.

- Crichton is great at building suspense. The plot starts slow, building with snippets, until the action starts happening. Then things really take off and you are thrown straight into the action.

- There were some inconsistencies between this book and the first including quite a major one which did annoy me. Also some of the plot events seemed a little too convenient and there just to advance the story.

- The dinosaurs and the wonder and terror they inspire was excellent though not quite as much as the original book. Who doesn't love raptors?

- The ending felt rushed and abrupt, like the author got bored and just wanted to be finished. A little more effort and it would have been brilliant.

If you enjoyed Jurassic Park then The Lost World is a worthwhile sequel and enjoyable in its own right. Whilst not totally on par with the original, it engages the reader well and provides the dinosaur related issues one would expect.

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xphilphil's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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inkfingers's review against another edition

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adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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literarypaiges's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This sequel to Jurassic Park is still an enjoyable, fast-paced dinosaur thriller, but it's not quite as good as the first. However, despite its flaws, it is much better than the film version of The Lost World, which borrows almost nothing from the book on which it is based.

Crichton's new characters that surround Ian Malcolm in this one are mostly enjoyable, but there's something missing -- in my opinion, this book could have been better with the presence of Dr. Grant. I did especially like the characters of Thorne and Eddie, though.

Notably, this book feels more violent than Jurassic Park did. There are several more instances of graphic, dinosaur-based violence. If you didn't like the violence in the first, the sequel likely isn't for you.

Overall, I think this was still a fun, quick, wild ride of a book. It just wasn't quite as fun or interesting as Jurassic Park.

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