Congo
by Michael Crichton
Taste attributes: adventurescience fictionthrilleranimalsfastunsavouryimaginaryintricatelinearall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeHeightened and morally murky: an adventure novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.3 / 5
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About This Book
Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo.
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- Michael Crichton
- Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 348
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