ERUPTION | MICHAEL CRICHTON JAMES PATTERSON | BOOK REVIEW

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The new Michael Crichton er... I mean James Patterson book is out. My immediate thought is who will star in this movie.
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[@BLAISEDAHL96]

As a huge Crichton fan, I’m just super excited to see this unfinished manuscript come to life.

[@prantikhalder6247]

Hi! Eric, an old friend here. One of the finest things about Crichton is the blending of science and humanity and presenting them in a techno-thriller style. However, I am only familiar with two of his novels, Andromeda Strain and Congo. So I think Eruption has the same style and it definitely will be my upcoming read. I would like to know what you think about Congo if you have read it. Happy reading, always.

[@JacobBroderick]

Great review as always! Your 3.5 score is higher than I expected given your verbal review. I feel like I'd only read this book after finishing every other Crichton book, if at all. I've never read Crichton because I've always struggled with feeling anxious about wasting my time on a bad book. It's a truly ironic and absurd gift that I got from my education.

[@FestArc]

I'm also a big Crichton fan, and I was very curious when they announced this because I wasn't sure how much of it would be Crichton and how much of it Patterson ( His work I've never read before this). While reading, it became clear that this was a Patterson novel more so than a Crichton one. It has many of the Crichton elements (the one thing I disagreed with about your review is that I do think it starts with an obscure event with the trees dying), it has the same cast of characters that a Crichton book would have, and the way it has a countdown is similar to what his previous books have done. It feels like a Crichton adventure. However, it does not have his voice. Patterson's voice isn't bad; it is quick and easy to read. I actually finished this book in one sitting.

[@sunnypullen82]

I have read The Noise and Zoo by Patterson and Jurassic Park and The Lost World by Crichton. While I enjoyed all of those books, I also appreciated the authors' different approaches to writing. I think a Crichton/Patterson mashup would be too weird for me.😅

[@BLAISEDAHL96]

Something I’ve wondered about for a couple years: What if Sherri authorized someone to train an LLM on all of Crichton’s written work, specifically, then have a pure sci-fi author like Andy Weir come in to give direction for each chapter to accomplish the larger narrative arc?

[@RonB369]

Actually it does not start with the action. It starts with the scene with the quirky dying of the banyon trees in the garden. The press conference isn’t held until halfway through the book.

[@jppcasey]

3.5 stars? This book was just absolutely terrible. 1 star. Who stores radioactive chemicals in glass cannisters, that could wipe out all of mankind, inside of a lava tube, in a volcano, in an active zone? To me, that was the most ridiculous part of the book. And there was never any logical explanation to that. I know the government doesn't always make the right decision, but this is just too dumb to be part of a plausible storyline. This was written for the very low IQ. This would be good writing if it was done by ten-year-olds (slightly below average ten-year-olds). And the ending was one of the most anticlimactic endings I have ever read. The entire story literally resolved itself in one paragraph. It went from a 100mph to 0 in an instant. I had to check the page number and then re-read the paragraph just to make sure I didn't miss something crucial. It was almost like they just said: fuck it, let's just put this to rest and pretend it never happened. I wish I could.

[@CDubya.82]

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