A very suitable sequel to the Jurassic Park novel. While Crichton wrote this book primarily due to the first film's success, it holds up pretty well on its own. The ending felt slightly rushed and/or lackluster compared to the first book, but that might just be me. Other than that, a great read. 

I loved reading the Jurassic Park novel, and I hate The Lost World film, so I was really excited to read this novel. Unfortunately, the set-up is far better than the payoff. Once they get to the island, things get rather repetitive and “mystery” of this novel is not nearly as intriguing nor does the answer to it feel satisfying. Plus, there’s some strange retcons (and I’m not talking about Malcolm’s “resurrection,” which I’m perfectly fine with personally) that make this novel feel disjointed from the previous one. This includes some of the amphibian DNA-dinosaur DNA mix behaviors/traits, as well as Malcolm’s characterization.
What is great about this novel is the characters. The female and child characters are a VAST improvement from the previous novel (though there is WAY LESS reason for kids to be there this time, so…). 
Overall, still a fun and easy read, but not nearly as good as the first novel.

-.25 Malcolm rambles. It can be boring. It was the same way in the first book. Malcolm would ramble on for pages. 
This book is not for people without a high school education. A real 21st-century education. You should have at least taken high school biology or physics to understand what's in this book. 

The first Jurassic Park was great as a novel and even better as a movie. The Lost World was mediocre as a movie but pretty good as a novel.

Same flaws as the first book, but same draw too. Overall I enjoyed it, even more than the first I think.

Last time I was sick, I read The DaVinci Code. This time, I wanted an equally “smarty pants uses smarts to outsmart everything” adventure, and this scratched that itch. I have only vague memories of the movie but could still tell there were massive deviations from the book. Very enjoyable.