one of the few books that I actually couldn't put down , even though I knew the basic premise having seen the movie. but after reading the novel I have a deep hatred of the film adaptation. my first complaint is how the film portrayes Ian Malcolm , in the book he was an amazing , almost prophetic , mathmetician , in the movie he is a childish, unimportant character whose largest contribution to the film is hitting on ellie sattler. he provided the thought provoking arguments that made the book , in the movie they cut these into nice , short, inconspicuaous sentences. I really enjoyed his discussion with hammond about the nature and limits of science and progress , these were barely in the movie. my second complaint against the film is the portyal of Hammond. one of my favourite scenes in the book is where hammond begins thinking about his next park, even though this one killed half of the people involved. he then stumbles down a hill and is promptly eaten by scavenger dinos , that was a "Ha take that!" moment if ever there was one. in the movie he repents and flies off into the sunset to a happy ending. so basically what universal studios did was strip the work of all its meaningfull dialogue and philosophical debates , and kind of lesson , and the darker side of human nature. what you are left with is a movie that became popular solely to it's then cutting edge technology , and numerous action sequences. so there you have it , read the novel , watch the film , despise the film. not much of a "book" review was it?