Jurassic park books for 12 year old?

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My son is 12 and loves the Jurassic park first movie. He is a good reader and tends to prefer reading to tv normally. He has read all Harry potters but not bothered with the films for instance. I started wondering if he may like the Michael Crichton Jurassic park novels. But I believe they are aimed more at adults. Does anyone know if suitable for children?

I read them at around that age, they’re quite “sciencey”, but I really enjoyed them.

Ok thanks. I am not a very good reader myself and certainly wasn’t at age 12 so it’s good to get other experiences. I guess I kind of need to know if there isn’t any sexual references for instance that make them unsuitable for children. Which I feel you never know with adult books

I was given Jurassic Park while in hospital with appendicitis at the age of 12! I remember enjoying it a great deal - it's a little more graphic than the films (well, what I remember is the guy being eaten by a dino while on the toilet and it being quite gory in the book!) but I can't remember anything particularly unsuitable...

Thanks that’s very helpful

dS2 who turned 11 last week has recently read the book. he enjoyed but he is obsessed with anything dinosaur/jurrasicpark/world related!!

Ah, yes my sons is also obsessed at the moment so should suit him quite well

Brieandchilli did he see movie first? And still enjoyed the book?

he has watched jurrassic park 1,2 and 3 and jurrassic world 1 and 2 more times than i can count! He still enjoyed reading the book and he's not a particularly big reader either.

Perfect. Thanks