Congo Review

Hello! Ohayo! This is Congo review, an adventurous book by Michael Crichton. I have such experience, lovely one, what I mean is. I actually have got the copy from my ex, who lives an ocean away from Indonesia, exactly in Oregon, USA. So this book means a lot 'cause it is his favorite. I asked him to give me the copy as the gift when he visited me two years ago. Soooo, check it out! 


 I started reading it in April, 2014 and finished it by the end of the month.

This book centers on an expedition searching for diamonds conducted by some scientist and a well-trained gorilla, Amy. Then it also leads to a fact that those scientist have to investigate the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense rain forest of Congo. This book shows perfectly fine how is the real-life condition of Congo. I know that there is a movie version of this book, but like rotten tomato says it is worth one-star only. But it is always different by the book! The book version clearly helps you understand about how gorillas can actually interact with human. And this book mainly focuses on how good gorilla, Amy, meets bad gorillas at Congo. The result is kind of disappointing though. Because I thought there would be a great attack from the bad gorillas which presumably a gorilla-chimpanzee or gorilla-human hybrid. It is because of their mass and height is closer to humans than gorillas, and also their skull is greatly malformed. They also notice the pigmentation is on the border of albinism: light gray fur and yellow eyes.

Those gorillas are much more aggressive, ruthless and partially nocturnal. They tried to attack always at night, yet a very large group was observed feeding during the day. Peter Elliot, the trainer of Amy gorilla, found out that the killer gorillas were bred by the ancient inhabitants of Zinj to serve as guard dogs to protect the diamond mines from intruders. After several more attacks, Elliot, with the help of Amy, finds a way to translate the language of the new gorillas. They stop fighting the humans and become confused, and leaving the camp. Karen Ross, one of the scientist who upsetted me all the time because of her intention to get the diamonds rather than escaping from the volcano erruption once decided not to escape before grabbing the diamonds. But this book ends with the cut short by the eruption of the nearby volcano, accelerated by the explosives placed by Ross for her geological surveys, that buries the city, the diamond fields and all proof of the "new" species under 800 meters of lava. They are then forced to run for their lives using a hot air balloon in a crashed consortium cargo aircraft.


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