I believe the main conflict in this book so far is humans underestimating the power of prehistoric life. Very similar to Jurassic Park. Just recently in the book, a man was willing to risk his life and others to get a tyrannosaur egg for genetic testing. A big theme in this book is greed. How far are people willing to go to have a chance at a big discovery. I'm starting to notice that the characters are divided between two thoughts. Whether or not to leave the dinosaurs alone. Whether or not to poke and prod to learn more about these organisms because by just being on the island, they've already disturbed the ecosystem and people have already died. Overall I am enjoying this book and it is just at my reading level and piques my interest.
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First of all, the book is 416 pages long and I have read 240 pages into the book. I think I am starting to like this book better than Jurassic Park. The reason being that there is much more dinosaur interaction in this book. And the dinosaurs are the only reason that I'm reading this book. As of now, everybody is on an island named Isla Sorna because Ian Malcom and Richard Levine are studying dinosaurs. They think by that studying the way that they lived, they can decipher how they died. The only problem that I have with the portion of the book that I've read is that there seems to be a lot of characters that don't play any serious role in the story at all. I'm sure they will be important later though.
The book starts off in California with Richard Levine giving a lecture at a university of some sort. I would imagine it to be similar to Silicon Valley, a huge tech area. Throughout the book, the story progresses to a similar setting as Jurassic Park. On the islands off the coast of Costa Rica. The only difference is that Jurassic Park took place on Isla Nublar and The Lost World takes place on Isla Sorna. Isla Sorna is where all the "behind the curtain" operations took place while the park was running. It is abandoned now and it is where ancient flora and fauna roam. Dinosaurs big and small inhabit this island and the only people on it are the main characters Ian Malcom and Richard Levine. It heavily relates to the title of the book because this island has gone unexplored for so long, it truly is a lost world.
The most important characters at the point of the book where I'm at are Ian Malcolm and Richard Levine. Malcolm was an important character in the previous book as well. He is an old man who walks with a cane. He is important because he was involved in the whole situation in Jurassic Park. Which has been strictly covered up by the government. There are rumors of the incident. Levine wants to find out whether or not it's true. Malcolm denies it every time. Levine is also responsible for creating the theory that dinosaurs are not extinct. He bases his theory on sightings of giant lizards, which are for sure remnants from the previous book. I'm not very far in the book as of now. I am very interested in what is to come.
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