Micro
by Michael Crichton
A Novel
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40%
Critic Reviews: 11
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65%
Reader Ratings: 1244
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Synopsis
In Jurassic Park, he created a terrifying new world. Now, in Micro, Michael Crichton reveals a universe too small to see and too dangerous to ignore.In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found dead with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye.In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a... more
About Michael Crichton
Published: November 22, 2011 by Harper
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Literature & Fiction. Fiction. 563 pages
- All Critics: 11
- Positive: 5
- Negative: 6
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Los Angeles Times | 28 Nov 2011
...the entire novel functions as a well-oiled but oddly soulless machine. All of the edges have been sanded off of prose that is supremely functional
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Washington Post | 22 Nov 2011
The authors go over the top sometimes, as when one character is swallowed by a bird...Heroic but improbable rescues ensue.
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Entertainment Weekly | 28 Dec 2011
It feels fully like something Crichton would have written...the characters are underdeveloped, and the research can be ostentatious.
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The Telegraph | 27 Nov 2011
...no one ever read a Michael Crichton novel for the prose style...Richard Preston has done a fine job of maintaining the low standard.
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Book Reporter | 15 Dec 2011
Preston has done an admirable job of weaving a seamless story from Crichton’s detailed notes...the writing keeps you engaged.
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NPR | 16 Nov 2011
...Micro is yet another terrifically entertaining Crichton thriller and — thanks to Richard Preston — we're lucky to have it.
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Publishers Weekly | 21 Nov 2011
Crichton fans will miss any sense of a larger scientific moral in what amounts to a high-tech 21st-century version of The Incredible Shrinking Man.
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The Globe and Mail | 4 Dec 2011
Crichton's works might not have been good books, but they were good reads...Sadly, Micro is neither a good book nor a good read.
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From Left to Write | 6 Feb 2012
The micro-world of dangerous ants and poisonous plants became much more fascinating thanks to Crichton and Preston.
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Examiner | 28 Nov 2011
Seamless. I could not distinguish Crichton’s writing from that of his successor-writer, Richard Preston...This story kept me turning pages. I zipped through over 400 pages in just a few hours.
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Life Is Story | 5 Feb 2012
Micro is a truly immersive thriller, taking readers to a place they’ve probably never been before and showing them the true terrors that surround them
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