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erinvruss's review
2.0
I'm not putting this behind a spoiler tag because I don't even know who would want to read this book in the first place.
The only thing I remotely enjoyed about this book were the dinosaurs. When they weren't being killed.
There are ridiculous plot holes. (He's concerned about bringing seeds to the Cretaceous period because of evolutionary issues, but he doesn't worry about killing things--what if that one creature was carrying a rare gene?) There is no explanation (or not enough of one) for the time travel mechanic. They just decide to. By walking, and thinking.
The plot itself is boring. The tagline states, "The mind-boggling epic adventure of a time-traveler torn between two nightmare worlds." Okay. I need explanation as to why unauthorized named parking spaces and every single woman throwing themselves at him sexually is a nightmare world (he complains about this, and is apparently shy, but sleeps with them all anyway). He also had complete control over the creatures in the dinosaur eras he visited, to the point where he teased a T-Rex by making it chase him for days, only to finally cut its head off. The only threat when he's time travelling is, apparently, walking too much.
The main character is difficult to relate to and I don't quite understand his personality. He makes jokes that make absolutely no sense (or at least I think they're jokes, because when he makes no sense is the only time he smiles).
There is no mind-boggling, epicness, or nightmares to be had in this book.
The only thing I remotely enjoyed about this book were the dinosaurs. When they weren't being killed.
There are ridiculous plot holes. (He's concerned about bringing seeds to the Cretaceous period because of evolutionary issues, but he doesn't worry about killing things--what if that one creature was carrying a rare gene?) There is no explanation (or not enough of one) for the time travel mechanic. They just decide to. By walking, and thinking.
The plot itself is boring. The tagline states, "The mind-boggling epic adventure of a time-traveler torn between two nightmare worlds." Okay. I need explanation as to why unauthorized named parking spaces and every single woman throwing themselves at him sexually is a nightmare world (he complains about this, and is apparently shy, but sleeps with them all anyway). He also had complete control over the creatures in the dinosaur eras he visited, to the point where he teased a T-Rex by making it chase him for days, only to finally cut its head off. The only threat when he's time travelling is, apparently, walking too much.
The main character is difficult to relate to and I don't quite understand his personality. He makes jokes that make absolutely no sense (or at least I think they're jokes, because when he makes no sense is the only time he smiles).
There is no mind-boggling, epicness, or nightmares to be had in this book.
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