{"id":3801,"date":"2012-05-16T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T23:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2012-05-29T09:10:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T17:10:24","slug":"michael-crichtons-micro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2012\/05\/michael-crichtons-micro\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Crichton’s Micro<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Crichton strikes again. Again.<\/p>\n

Crichton’s signature research (does he have a team doing his next book?) was impeccable and his craft superb. This book submerged you into the adventure: the horror, the bizarre, the cuties, and the heart-breaking. It was like watching a fast-pace action film. Everything was happening, all your senses overloaded, and you felt great closing the book. Then you forget.<\/p>\n

It is a mass-market publication at its finest. That said, I felt this is not Crichton’s finest.<\/p>\n

Stop reading. What comes next could ruin the book for you.<\/p>\n

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Crichton just couldn’t make up his mind on the characters. The antagonists are obvious: the villain is the standard cardboard evil psychopath. The obstacles are Jurassic Park style and wonderfully done. But which protagonist must I identify with? I was forced to switch, then I didn’t get the clear hint on which one to go with. Since there is no strong connection to one protagonist, there is no big crescendo climax closure at the end.<\/p>\n

The formula dictates that everything goes up in a big flame at the end. The antagonist was naturally taken care of, but the protagonists’ escape was anti-climatic. This is a badly executed formulaic ending: unnecessary destruction, no possibilities left for imagination, and neither a tragedy that leaves you with a long sigh nor a comedy that give you warm happy feelings.<\/p>\n

I did the right thing borrowing this one from the library. That’s what I will do for Crichton’s next one. Like Stephen King, I think Crichton’s best years are over but the craft is still masterful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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