Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Le Parc Jurassique by Michael Crichton

8 reviews

hflh's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

Some frustrating inconsistencies for me, but a solid book. Straightforward, exciting, and sometimes gruesome. Would read again. 

Some readers will be turned off by scientific rambling on topics from ecology to computer science; printed graphs of computer screens and lines of code; and several cautionary, moralizing monologues about scientific progress. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, Alcohol, Sexism, and Vomit

egwilk28's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.5

This book carries the voice of an over educated, pretentious, misogynist. The type of white man who is educated and uses it just to be a little bitch about it not to actually make any positive change in the world. The science is neat in parts, but definitely an unreliable narrative. Don’t read this book to be honest the obnoxious objectification and reduction of the 2.5 women in the book isn’t worth it. I don’t care if its a “classic” it actually just reads like another book written by a shitty white man in the 80s. If I wanted to read a genetic research ethics scifi book I’d just read Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake because at least it’s fucked up in a thoughtful way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Racism and Sexual harassment

blackheart's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

It was fun to read the book that started all the movies. It was a good read and it was interesting to know what was the same and what changed for the films.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death, and Gore

Minor: Racism and Sexism

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Stalking, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Misogyny, Racism, Classism, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

geilie's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Classism, and Excrement

m0usey's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

One of the few books where I’d actually say the movie is better. While I really enjoyed reading this, it was a bit slow and meandering for me. But other than that it was great! The characters are realistic, the plot is engaging and fun, and the message is loud and clear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Medical content

emory's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Alcohol

dsaiz's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Body shaming

Minor: Alcoholism, Dementia, Grief, Misogyny, and Racism