Reviews

In the Time of Dinosaurs by K.A. Applegate

pensandpicks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

wetdryvac's review against another edition

4.0

Fun fluff series that gets less and less fluff over time.

fae's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

endaira91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

0.5 stars for the unexpected way the kids </committed alien genocide (giving the aliens a busted weapon? That’s DARK>. The rest of the story was slow, and frustrating in the sense that not only did it take them forever to realize they were in the time of dinosaurs, but they somehow didn’t know about the comet??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism

justjaqueline's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

lex_y's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Genocide and Gore

temporaryhouseplant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

justgj's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

odinblindeye's review against another edition

2.0

Animorphs was a good series that kept me reading. Enjoyed these as a kid.

thistlechaser's review against another edition

1.0

Disclaimer: I'm reading this series for the first time as an adult. (Unfortunately) I have no fond memories coloring my reading.

This was the second book in the Animorphs series that I didn't finish. These "extra" books never seem to work for me. The Megamorphs ones (so named because they're twice as long as the other books) are 100% action, no plot-impact. I'm not reading this series for the fight scenes.

In this book, through a plot device riff in space/time, the Animorphs go back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. I have no idea why, but it takes them a really long time to realize when they are. They've dealt with time travel in previous books, and they know what dinosaurs are... When they see evidence of dinosaurs (footprints the size of swimming pools, tops of trees eaten, dinosaur-sized paths through the forest) it takes them forever to put the pieces together.

These books almost always have big honking plot holes, but the ones in this book were bigger than usual. (Dinosaur-sized!)

Based on the other reviews of this book, it gets even worse in the second half (TWO new alien races that we never encounter again, one of them apparently shaping the whole human race in a most illogical way), so I jumped ship at the 50% mark.