Though I am inclined to go all cliche and say - 'Only If he had finished the book', the premise and plot were ruined from the start. 
 I remember catching the hype train and reading it out of pure devotion for Chrichton. It even had my undivided attention almost halfway. But Magnetic field going all Fantastic Voyage and Teselecta on everyone and everything, wasnt the kind of read that was impressive in a VSM characterization room.