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The Lost World

By: Michael Crichton
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end - the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public.

But there are rumors that something has survived.

©1996 Michael Crichton (P)2006 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

"Harrowing thrills...fast-paced and engaging." ( People)
"Action-packed." ( New York Daily News)
"Fast and gripping" ( The Washington Post Book World)

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Good, but didn't really hold my attention.

This was a great story. Very interesting and well-written, but it just didn't hold my attention like the first book did. If you read the first book and enjoyed it, then I highly recommend this one. But it is very different.

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Just as good as the first if not better

Love both of the books wish the movies would have been truer to the books

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Good story, but bad ending.

The Lost World is a good book, but some parts of the story don't add up with Jurassic Park. The book could also use an epilogue, as the ending is rather bad.

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Good but it takes a bit to get going

I enjoyed the first book a lot more. Second book took some time to build story that I got bored and stopped.

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Phenomenal to listen or read!

I absolutely love Michael Crichton for his Jurassic Park novels! They are so well detailed and much research has been done to help make this truly a book you can get lost and in suspense for quite a few hours of listening or on your own for reading! You can just imagine yourself in the lost world or in Jurassic Park with the dinosaurs in the mud slapping on your face and the breath breathing down your neck as you imagine these terrifying creatures coming to life in your own imagination! I absolutely recommend this for all ages and for fun reading!

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well read book

The ending was kind of terrible. It left a lot or questions. I was hoping for more closure.

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good book , great reader

this was much better than the movie although that is no great surprise to any other listeners

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gripping

the story runs through your mind as the narrator reads. you can hear the sounds, you can feel the terror. i loved it

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nowhere close to the movie

idk why it took me so long to want to listen to these stories so much exciting than the movies

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better than the movie

Awesome narrator, he makes voices. The raptors still snarl. Removed a star because the last half of the book dragged on.

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