Both authors were and are capable of writing excellent books, but this wasn't one of them. There are many other readers I find to be far better, but this one slogged through the story in an adequate manner. Granted, they did anticipate an interview with the CEO during their tour, but it's still tugging very hard on my logic cells. It's like me carrying a chocolate chip cookie in case I meet Martha Stewart.

The plot device of a group of grad students having an expert of every conceivable application on this trip, all of whom were carrying samples of their particular product or project, ahhhhh, that's a stretch. The characters in the micro world were the most interesting part, and I will certainly look differently at insects now.

At the least, throw in some variety, with the occasional 'he stated,' or opined or something. There are editing issues, with too many sentences saying repeatedly 'he said' or 'she said.' It's like Dick and Jane writing a novel. Parts of this were good, but the starting hours were abysmal.

This book couldn't deliver on that most basic of levels for me, and I was very disappointed. If you've read my other reviews, you know I'm not hard to please - I love all kinds of books and just want to hear a decent story. There are so many great ones out there, and I think perhaps I've become spoiled but this was only a small step up for some sort of automated computer voice, in my opinion. It was something a high school student could be genuinely proud of writing. All the dialogue in the book seemed juvenile, forced, and amateurish. The writing style seemed oddly dated with on character flipping another person off while saying 'Sit on it', and another character explaining 'She plays for the other team'. The way we're introduced to all the characters and their scientific specialties is so clumsy and awkward it's painful to sit through. This book either forgets to take us along or is unable to to do so, which leaves the reader looking at a ridiculous scenario that can do nothing but make you think back to the old 'Honey I Shrunk.' movies from the 80's. There is a way for a good author to get his readers to a place where they are willing to accept the fantastical, and are able to go along on what would otherwise be an unbelievable adventure - it's done all the time. Then it devolved into what was (for me) the audiobook equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. The first scene was appropriately creepy, and I got excited for what was to come. Preston wrote far more of the book than Crichton did, it seems disingenuous for Crichton to be 'Headlining' the cover. Of course I was a little nervous if this one would work out, since it was only a partial manuscript found after his death, and the majority of the book was written by someone else (Richard Preston). I'm a huge fan of previous Crichton books. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself.ДЄn instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.Д«ut once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting.

The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. 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. Now, in Micro, Michael Crichton reveals a universe too small to see and too dangerous to ignore. In Jurassic Park, he created a terrifying new world.

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