Three men
are killed. The only clues are tiny cuts all over their bodies. At the same
time, seven students are thrown into an environment that no man had ever
dreamed of.
This is
Micro.
My dad
convinced me to read it after he, my mom and my sister did, saying that my
imagination would go wild! And I do have to say, he was right.
Okay, this
is the end of the non-spoiler section. One of the major element of this book is
a spoiler, so stop reading now if you haven't read the book.
Can you
imagine? Being reduce to half an inch? In a freaking jungle?!? Me neither. But
that's the reality of the seven students, Peter, Rick, Jen, Karen, Erica, Amar
and Danny, ho were thrown in this hostile environment by Drake, the crazy CEO
of Naginen, the company who invented the shrinking device.
I really
enjoyed reading this book.
First, the
plot. I'm sure it has been seen before, tiny people I mean, but for me it was a
first. And tiny people in a freaking jungle? I don't think that had been seen
before!
The story
was really entertaining; there was a lot of obstacles that were interesting and
plot twists that I did not expect. For example, I was surprised and confused
when read I Eric's name at the end of the book. All through the story, I knew
something was odd with his death, but I had never imagined that he was still
alive! Also, I was surprised when Peter died.
See, authors are afraid to kill
their main characters and I get it, especially if you're writing a series. But I
liked the audacity of Michael Crichton. I liked that he dared to kill the
leader of the group. It was a bold move that isn't seen often in literature, a
move that I would pull in my own writing. It was brave and made the story more
plausible, as if to tell the reader that everyone is mortal, that no one is indestructible.
The
characters were all well developed. We get to be in the mind of every
characters, which was cool. We saw the internal conflicts of every students,
the plans of Drake... It was fun and made it easier to connect with the story.
As for the
writing style, it was my first Michael Crichton and I don't know if he always
writes like that, but I enjoyed it. The descriptions were not too long and he
repeated the key elements just enough to keep the reader on track. This book
has a lot of details and I'm glad he did so or else I would have been lost! The
fact that he wrote a character's full name every time was a bit odd, but other
than that, everything was good!
I do have
another book by this author in my TBR pile and I hope it will be as good as
Micro.
I strongly recommend this book if you're into sci-fi and adventure
books. Even if you're not, it will make you reconsider the world that surounds you.
Sophie
Sophie
