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Just starting this but I can tell it already will have a lot of heart. Looking forward to more.

Oh man... this might be better than the movie, even though I know the movie is playing out in every scene in my mind. Even when the scenes are changed.

Ian Malcolm might be heavy on exposition but he is clearly the embodiment of the philosophy behind the entire story. And I can't help but love every word.

So far the changes in plot order and dinosaur reveals feel well fit for a novel vs a fast paced movie.

Already pretty different than the movie. Liking it so far and it is clearly not pulling punches like the movie seems to have. Feels more R rated than PG13 which is kind of fun.

I get why people like it, and there are glimmers of hope for me to come around. Still firmly in the over-rated ranting curmudgeon camp.

That being said, if I happened across this randomly with no hype I would probably be enjoying it more but the issue is its extremely shallow in so many ways. Thankfully its not shallow in unforgivable ways.

Already better than the horse and his boy but is shorter too.

Feels ok i guess. I can tell the genre is probably more fun for people who don't make time to actually play games like this. Its sword art ready player DND so far. It feels fun so far but I feel like hype has kneecapped it for me.

A lot of this is word for word the same as the movie. Some of it was clearly changed to fit the personalities on screen and in those cases, for the better. But the book has a meta narrative that is a lot of fun and only partially represented on screen. Loving it so far.

Kind of different from the movie but in a good way. Loving it so far.

Kinda meh - its like CS Lewis wanted to write something for kids growing up with the series but forgot to have fun.

This one is taking way more time with court intrigue. I feel like this isn't Lewis' strong suit.

I wonder if it would be possible to represent 'Lamb's fearsome appearance while fighting in any medium other than Anime. One scene was literally lifted from there, wholesale. Shadowed face, nearly inaudible laughter, before his true power is released.

I'm here for it though.

Man just going through all the western tropes in this one. Super fun.

A heads up on suicide themes would have been nice. Had to edit this one a bit to read to the kiddo. A little too early for that conversation I think.

Lonesome dove meets pure carnage. Love it.

Kind of love how meta the writing is.

Did the writing get worse or did I just grow out of this between vol 9 and now...? Its not bad but feels forced sometimes. I think graphic novels might not be my jam.

Hey chat GPT. What was first? Earthmen or the Underdark? "Definitely the Underdark! Narnia was in the 60s and DND in the 80s so definitely Narnia" ...... what?

"It's god who does the f$%#ing."

I keep thinking Joe is going to drop the ball on character writing and he keeps proving me a fool.

"What if the lady in green is the snake!"
The kiddo is still engaged, 4 books in. Must be doing something right.

Life is cheap, and it might get cheaper.

It do be middling a little but I like the main characters enough to care even during filler/buildup. Gus kills me. The villain is probably Jake. Just guessing, but he is a knob.

Gus keeps making me laugh out loud.

Chapter 8 has made me love this book.

They gotta eat too.

Silicon, copper, and... SINEW!?

The book is finally exploring ideas that are starting to feel born of this world instead of borrowed from others. Probably not fair to many of the ideas previous but I haven't had this feeling until now.