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Title: Seen the movie? Hated it? Here's why
Review: I actually wondered whether this was the same writer who gave us the fantastic Sphere and Jurassic Park. Congo is really something better left to airport bookstores. The basic story is that a group of scientists complete with an intelligent ape which can sign, travels to the Congo to investigate odd goings-on. At least, that's what we're lead to believe.Instead, the plot meanders around, often going into completely irrelevent sections on computer programming and terrorist activity which has nothing whatsoever to do with the story. The gorilla, Amy, is actually quite annoying rather than cute and the whole idea is a bit unlikely. Finally we meet the nemesis of the Congo - and then everything falls flat. It's not particularly scary and to be honest, it's difficult to care about the characters. The movie didn't do much for this book, granted, but to be honest, it couldn't have made it worse.
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