Congo
Ratings125
Average rating3.3
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Ratings125
Average rating3.3
Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes...
--back cover
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I've seen the movie several times, but this is my first read of the novel. Very interesting to compare the original with the choices made for telling the story on film.
What an absolute mess of a book. Crichton is usually on point about accounting for and explaining every plausible scenario to a fault, but he did himself no favors. Events that should've taken chapters to draw out happened in paragraphs. Unnecessary scientific commentary interrupted plot. I know people will watch a crappy movie and say “oh, the book was better,” but at least the movie was b-movie funny.
