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2.89 AVERAGE
2.89 AVERAGE
Slow start but when it got into the story it turned out to be pretty good.
- Jaume is fighting wars for Melodia's father Philipe. Against the wish of Melodia. Because of this, they had a falling out that couldn't be resolved as Jaume had to go away to fight another man's war.
- Melodia has been betrayed by Falk. He raped her. Thanks to her ladies in waiting, her little sister and her servant Pilar she manages to escape.
- Karyl (who has died three times already) en Rob are training pacifists to fight.
- Shiraa is close to finding Karyl, I hope.
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In short:- Jaume is fighting wars for Melodia's father Philipe. Against the wish of Melodia. Because of this, they had a falling out that couldn't be resolved as Jaume had to go away to fight another man's war.
- Melodia has been betrayed by Falk. He raped her. Thanks to her ladies in waiting, her little sister and her servant Pilar she manages to escape.
- Karyl (who has died three times already) en Rob are training pacifists to fight.
- Shiraa is close to finding Karyl, I hope.
Victor Milan delivers an extremely interesting story in this book, with the characters, environment, and plot developments that put it on par with Game of Thrones or Blood Song as a modern fantasy masterpiece. Besides the extensive world building and character development that makes any good fantasy story, this book adds dinosaurs into the mix. In this way, I would say it is somewhat like a combination of Game of Thrones and Dinotopia. Humans and dinosaurs coexist alongside each other. A nice touch is the renaming of dinosaurs to reflect what humans living alongside them would probably call them. For example, each chapter begins with an excerpt of the "Book of True Names" that describes different species that live in the world: Diplodocus is the Titan Espinoso, Deinonychus is the Horror. I liked that the focus of this book is on a fictional version of Spain, rather than the fantasy trope of focusing on fictional Britain or Germany. This gives the story a unique flare that other fantasy books do not have. I would recommend this book to any young adult or adult readers who like dinosaurs or wish to read a different fantasy story.
I wanted to love this book, but in the end, I only liked it. I think I was expecting a bit more camp - it took itself seriously, and lost some of its charm. Definitely could have used a glossary/appendix - hard to remember all the different types of dinosaurs + their nicknames + their Spanish names. Fun in its way, but not at all what I expected. 3.5 rounded down.
Pacing was jarring. Dialogue was ‘angsty 13 year old with a dictionary’ level of cringe.
When I saw George R. R. Martin praising this story I quickly bought it, even being someone who was never excited over anything involving dinosaurs. It's fair to say that it will not be this book to change my view of our predecessors.
It has an engaging world and intriguing characters but the pacing feels all over the place. What was involving a minute ago became tedious. An event or character that grappled your attention, soon become dull. I have the second volume of The Dinosaur Lords in my shelf but I still haven't gotten the courage to open it...
It has an engaging world and intriguing characters but the pacing feels all over the place. What was involving a minute ago became tedious. An event or character that grappled your attention, soon become dull. I have the second volume of The Dinosaur Lords in my shelf but I still haven't gotten the courage to open it...
A good, if slow starting, read. The author puts a lot of moving pieces in his story and just enough information to keep you going. I wish more had happened, but there's a sequel.
adventurous
medium-paced
A nice book that does exactly what it says: Deliver Knights on Dinosaurs.
Like the review says: How much you like this book will be decided by how excited you get by hearing that sentence.
For me that was quite a bit. Sure it's no Tolkien. The writing isn't particularly good and the characters and plot is decent. But you know what? That's okay. It's not meant to be a masterpiece. It's meant to be a book where motherfucking medieval Knights ride motherfucking prehistoric Dinosaurs.
And that it does very, very well.
Like the review says: How much you like this book will be decided by how excited you get by hearing that sentence.
For me that was quite a bit. Sure it's no Tolkien. The writing isn't particularly good and the characters and plot is decent. But you know what? That's okay. It's not meant to be a masterpiece. It's meant to be a book where motherfucking medieval Knights ride motherfucking prehistoric Dinosaurs.
And that it does very, very well.
Loveable characters:
No