Let's be honest, the book is terrible

I may have to reread the book. I read it when it was new, and recall enjoying it, but have not revisited it since. I didn't care for either of the two Jurassic Park films that I watched, so who's to say what I'll make of the book all these years later.

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lol, MC was a terrific writer

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I read the book a few summers ago, I enjoyed it, I finished it in about 5 days or so.

And wasn’t Lex like a 7 year old girl? Do you seriously expect her to be freaking John Rambo and just start mowing down dinosaurs left and right?

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I disagree. I have listened to the book several times on an audio book I did myself. I also enjoy the scenes from it that aren't in the movie. Like how the computers track the dinosaurs and then Grant finds a tiny shell from a dinosaur egg while on the tour.

Then Malcolm asks them to search for more dinosaurs and they find out through that they are breeding.

Or the scene with the T-Rex swimming in deep water. Or the scene where Grant, Tim, and Lex go into the Terridactal area and get attacked by them.

But whatever to each their own.

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Maybe you're younger and you kids are just too lazy to read.

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The book is fantastic. Has a few little flaws (like the way Lex is portrayed), but the first time I picked up the book I wasn't able to put it down until I finished it. I read the whole thing all through one night. Couldn't stop.

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I haven't read the book, but...

I think it's very poorly written, things happen fast, the author doesn't pause to describe the characters, the emotions of the characters or WORST OF ALL, he doesn't stop to describe the dinosaurs (the stars of the story), basically he write "it's tall, with big teeth and it's green".

This is a criticism you could level against a great number of books, and it is absolutely a valid criticism. When I read the above, one example immediately leapt to mind: The Hobbit. We get no descriptions of elves or goblins at all, very bare-bones descriptions of hobbits and dwarves, and I've often wondered what it must have been like reading this book when it was brand-spanking new - Tolkien is pretty much the father of the high fantasy genre, and when I picture goblins/orcs or elves it certainly isn't from vivid descriptions from The Hobbit, because there aren't any. The Hobbit is essentially an adventure featuring Bilbo Baggins, and... a bunch of dwarves. And Gandalf, a bit. It took me forever to finish it precisely because it was so bland and uninteresting, character-wise. Character development really is quite important, even in a book about goblins, dragons or dinosaurs.

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You must be reading a different book to myself maybe the version you have is adaption of the movie not the original.

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