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A review by mal_eficent
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time by James Gurney
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I grew up on the TV miniseries and always wanted to grab the book, but could never find it. Now I have it, I regret not getting it sooner!
For some reason, I was expecting this to be more of narrative book – instead it follows the journal entry style of classic adventure stories (like Edgar Rice Burroughs, for example) and uses mostly illustrations to pad out the text. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, so I'm hardly complaining, but it makes it pretty short and lacks a lot of the world building I was looking for. Weird thing to say when this is entirely the recordings of a scientist discovering a new world and goes into a lot of detail...I'm just greedy. I will probably just treat this as an artbook in the future, but the story is equally lovely and worth the time.
Honestly, if you're a fan of world building, fantasy/sci-fi illustrations, and DINOSAURS, this is absolutely worth grabbing.
For some reason, I was expecting this to be more of narrative book – instead it follows the journal entry style of classic adventure stories (like Edgar Rice Burroughs, for example) and uses mostly illustrations to pad out the text. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, so I'm hardly complaining, but it makes it pretty short and lacks a lot of the world building I was looking for. Weird thing to say when this is entirely the recordings of a scientist discovering a new world and goes into a lot of detail...I'm just greedy. I will probably just treat this as an artbook in the future, but the story is equally lovely and worth the time.
Honestly, if you're a fan of world building, fantasy/sci-fi illustrations, and DINOSAURS, this is absolutely worth grabbing.