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Too little time; sleeping when I should be reading and reading when I should sleep. Mostly English language SF/F, but I occasionally read other fare.

What it means when I rate something: ★★★★★ - This moved me in a way that changed my life. ★★★★☆ - I loved it. ★★★☆☆ - It was OK ★★☆☆☆ - Meh, it was entertaining at least ★☆☆☆☆ - Complete trash (if I dislike something, but it is well written I'd rather not give it any rating. The single star is reserved for the real trash). Addendum: I will not rate badly written stories by obvious first time writers. If you have managed to self publish your first story and people actually read it, I'm not going to piss on your parade. I'll reserve that single star for your next book (or the fifteenth one for that matter).

Note: I have heaps of books imported from another database where the rating used was 1-6 (dice), so some books are rated higher than I would normally. I'll be adjusting stuff as I work my way thru the list of books (once I have fixed the 300 or so books that didn't import automatically :P)

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Currently Reading (View all 8)

Michael Crichton: Eaters of the Dead (2006, Avon)
Brandon Sanderson: Isles of the Emberdark (Hardcover, 2025, Dragonsteel Books)
Ørjan Nordhus Karlson: Huset mellom natt og dag (Paperback, No-nb language, Vendetta)

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Penric's Fox (2018, Subterranean Press)
Lois McMaster Bujold: Penric and the Shaman (Hardcover, 2017, Subterranean)
Lois McMaster Bujold: Penric's Demon (2016, Subterranean)

Stopped Reading

Olga Tokarczuk: Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead (Paperback, 2019, Fitzcarraldo Editions)

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66% complete! 📚torstein📚 has read 33 of 50 books.

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reviewed The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, #2)

Michael Crichton: The Lost World (Paperback, 1995, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since …

Meh…

While The Lost World has it's moments, it reads as a draft for a movie. Which it is too be honest. Characters are flat, exaggerated stereotypes. Even the dinosaurs are a bit dull.

The whole thing seems rushed, minor mistakes all over the place. I could never get a grip on the layout of the island, the relative distances between locations seemed to vary depending on the need for suspense.

Crichton does show some self awareness tho. Malcom coming back, as "his next iteration" after being "only slightly dead". Riffing on Grant's misconception from the first book about T.rex sight.

Still, this book would have been so much better if Crichton actually -wanted- to write it.