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by Michael Crichton
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Level up! rated it 6 years ago
This is a hard one to review, I'm going to spew a lot of words. I'm going to hide them behind spoiler tags so that my review will read better. This is a fictional book about climate change. Specifically, it's a fictional book that purports climate change to be fictional as well. DISCLAIMER: [s...
Blondie and Read
Blondie and Read rated it 11 years ago
This one I'm not too sure about. Coming off of the high I got from Timeline I was expecting much more. There was still the element of "fact" and action, with a little romance thrown in. This one is all about global warming and whether it's a "thing" or not. A whole bunch of science jargon and argume...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 11 years ago
State of Fear is part sci-fi, part thriller, part essay on environmentalism. There was some good and some bad in this novel. Philanthropist George Morton is planning on donating a large sum of money to an extreme environmentalist group until he learns about their methods, and gets more information a...
Imagine That
Imagine That rated it 12 years ago
3.5 starsI can’t believe that I am sitting here thinking about this review while Hurricane Sandy’s imminence is being trumpeted just outside my door.Makes you think…..The story itself is about global warming. It’s a cautionary tale really. On the one hand you have some radical environmentalists/ s...
MAS
MAS rated it 12 years ago
A real eye-opener, unless you already suspect or are one of the sheep being led to slaughter - a good story and great book.
erikatchow
erikatchow rated it 13 years ago
I think there are only four reactions that one can have to this book. The first is indifference, because that blank response is always a possibility. The second is that if you do not believe in global warming, you will love this book and not really understand Crichton's real message. The third an...
Yona's Book World
Yona's Book World rated it 14 years ago
Interesting book, you can learn a lot from it.
Alicia Wright Brewster
Alicia Wright Brewster rated it 14 years ago
I love Michael Crichton. He introduced me to science fiction and, therefore, holds a special place in my heart and on my bookshelves. I've read almost everything he wrote, and I was saddened at his passing. By far, this was my least favorite of his books. It's so bad that it actually mars my opinio...
Zrinka
Zrinka rated it 15 years ago
The whole point of the novel is to reveal the conviction that global warming is not happening - not worth reading 500 pages. It reflects the authors prejudices - he portrays environmentalists as uneducated fanatics. For everyone else who shares his opinions: ecologists' and environmentalists' sole o...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 15 years ago
This book is terrible. It's righty anti-environment propaganda, for one thing, and Crichton should have known better; but for another thing, it's really badly written.I like Crichton usually, but this is a very bad book.
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