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nemesys's review
3.0
I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did, being that I live in the area, and work in New Orleans. I gave it 3 stars as I did not hate it, but I really did not feel invested in it.
Ya know those brochure cabinets you find at hotels with all sorts of booklets about attractions and restaurants in the city you are in? Reading this book felt like I was just reading those brochures with a few characters and dinosaurs thrown in. I understand the need to throw in mentions of a few places to set the scene and add some dimension to it, but the first half of the book felt more like a "visit New Orleans" commercial than anything else.
I like that the author used more accurate descriptions of the dinosaur appearance based on what we know now. The author also seems to have done some research into the dinosaurs he introduced, as most were from the Cretaceous Period (although different ages within this period), with a few from the Jurrasic, although various species would not have been present in North America during their timeline, but that could be explained by some wonky science.
The science behind the appearance of the dinosaurs are mentioned, but not much detail into it besides the connection made by one of the characters to his device. The character storylines are not finalized. You never find out anything about most of the characters as far as the aftermath goes.
While the book decides to cut out a lot of information, I wish they had cut out some of the racial and political storylines. I understand the diversity was a bit of a key point for the story and ending, but most of it was just un-needed filler.
Overall, 3 stars. I liked the dinosaurs. The rest was just "meh".
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** The rest of the review will contain spoilers **
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The book is told from the viewpoint of several groups of characters. It explains how they came to be together, and what happens to them through most of the story. Several of these bands of people end up finding their way to each other.
So a dying professor randomly calls a student to help him participate in this crazy scheme to rid himself of cancer using an untested method, and she just goes along with it? All because her dad died of cancer too? I'm not buying it. It isn't even like she was a star pupil, or close to this professor in any way. So what real motivation would she have to decide to help to break countless laws, and endanger tons of people.
Whats with this guy "Stinky" as well? What value did he bring to the story at all? He could have been completely omitted or killed in the first few pages and the book would have been the same. The same could be said of several characters.
Then the ending..... if you call it that. The story just ends in what I would consider the climax of the story and cuts to an epilogue one year later. Did the author just not know how he wanted to continue from there? Was this by design? Someone spots a military helicopter and that's it? A small Pterodactylus manages to sheer off the wing of an F-15 on impact, but the blades of the helicopters are not impacted by it?
The epilogue is basically a speech by the Rev. about one other character saving his grand-daughter. What happened to the scientist and the student? Were they arrested? Killed? Same for the other characters. The other student. The people on the boat. The folks in the airport. What happened to them?
There is just too many holes in the story, and unanswered questions for me to give it any higher of a rating.
Ya know those brochure cabinets you find at hotels with all sorts of booklets about attractions and restaurants in the city you are in? Reading this book felt like I was just reading those brochures with a few characters and dinosaurs thrown in. I understand the need to throw in mentions of a few places to set the scene and add some dimension to it, but the first half of the book felt more like a "visit New Orleans" commercial than anything else.
I like that the author used more accurate descriptions of the dinosaur appearance based on what we know now. The author also seems to have done some research into the dinosaurs he introduced, as most were from the Cretaceous Period (although different ages within this period), with a few from the Jurrasic, although various species would not have been present in North America during their timeline, but that could be explained by some wonky science.
The science behind the appearance of the dinosaurs are mentioned, but not much detail into it besides the connection made by one of the characters to his device. The character storylines are not finalized. You never find out anything about most of the characters as far as the aftermath goes.
While the book decides to cut out a lot of information, I wish they had cut out some of the racial and political storylines. I understand the diversity was a bit of a key point for the story and ending, but most of it was just un-needed filler.
Overall, 3 stars. I liked the dinosaurs. The rest was just "meh".
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** The rest of the review will contain spoilers **
**************************************
The book is told from the viewpoint of several groups of characters. It explains how they came to be together, and what happens to them through most of the story. Several of these bands of people end up finding their way to each other.
So a dying professor randomly calls a student to help him participate in this crazy scheme to rid himself of cancer using an untested method, and she just goes along with it? All because her dad died of cancer too? I'm not buying it. It isn't even like she was a star pupil, or close to this professor in any way. So what real motivation would she have to decide to help to break countless laws, and endanger tons of people.
Whats with this guy "Stinky" as well? What value did he bring to the story at all? He could have been completely omitted or killed in the first few pages and the book would have been the same. The same could be said of several characters.
Then the ending..... if you call it that. The story just ends in what I would consider the climax of the story and cuts to an epilogue one year later. Did the author just not know how he wanted to continue from there? Was this by design? Someone spots a military helicopter and that's it? A small Pterodactylus manages to sheer off the wing of an F-15 on impact, but the blades of the helicopters are not impacted by it?
The epilogue is basically a speech by the Rev. about one other character saving his grand-daughter. What happened to the scientist and the student? Were they arrested? Killed? Same for the other characters. The other student. The people on the boat. The folks in the airport. What happened to them?
There is just too many holes in the story, and unanswered questions for me to give it any higher of a rating.
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