Originally Posted by The Batlord

Reading Jurassic Park for the first time in like twenty years and I think Crichton's key to bestseller success is his books are smart but not too smart, exactly what bestseller readers want to read while having imaginative gimmicks, and he writes characters that don't require you to think about their motivations but who are still engaging on the surface. In the book Ian Malcom isn't a showcase for Jeff Goldblum being Jeff Goldblum but he's still easily the best character and I feel like I'd remember him after I finished reading the book even if the movie didn't exist. Hammond being more of an ambiguous villain is also neat.