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This is the second Crichton thriller I have read and the second time I have come away noticing his anti-science rants and preachy tone. This time the anti-science diatribe was delivered by the character of Malcolm, who only seems to be in the book for his chapter long anti-science rant. I've heard he is even worse with this in State of Fear.
The book itself is a decent techno-thriller. It was enjoyable and moved along swiftly. One thing I did notice, though, was a tendency to weigh the story down with details. I didn't really need to know what lines of computer code came up on the screen unless it was relevant - it wasn't. I didn't really need to see the DNA sequence typed out.
So you can see that I was less than impressed with Crichton again. The book was entertaining, but from this scientist's point of view, Crichton should have spent more time writing and less time preaching. ( )