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Book Review By Jack Thorne
The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Six years after the events in "Jurassic Park", something has survived on a deserted Costa Rican island. A paleontologist named Richard Levine goes to the island to study it's dinosaurs. He brings with him a Costa Rican guide named Diego, two mechanics named Jack Thorne and Eddie Carr, an animal behaviorilist named Sarah Harding, two stow-a-way kids named Arby and Kelly, and Dr. Ian Malcolm, who was one of the few survivors of the first dinosaur incedent. However, something goes wrong once again, and the island is plunged into chaos!


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Adversaries are… - dinosaurs
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
GIANT monster(s) Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 30 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's

Main Adversary
Identity: - animal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - dinosaur times - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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