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A review by elisekatherine
The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán
3.0
I actually liked this book better than a three-star rating would suggest, but it gets points docked for the (lone!) gratuitous rape scene. (Is it sad that I was relieved it was only one? I mean, considering the cover quote compared it to A Song of Ice and Fire...)
At any rate - I didn't know much about this book going in, except that it was medieval fantasy + dinosaurs, and man, did it deliver that. And it was delightful. Seriously, you didn't know you wanted Spanish Expy knights riding dinosaurs until you read this book. Or at least I didn't. Concept aside, the political intrigue is, well, intriguing, though a lot of the book feels like set-up (this is the first in a series, it seems) and laying groundwork for later events. Still, I'm hooked. I'm especially fond of the casual bisexuality and Melodia's group of female friends. Sometimes Milan is prone to lingering over battle scenes, but speaking as someone who usually isn't a fan of lovingly described battles, I actually enjoyed reading these. Maybe because there are dinosaurs. (Seriously, I'm not over that.)
The prose is nothing to write home about but absolutely adequate, and the characters certainly aren't the most compelling I've read, but this book was rollicking good fun to read, and the concept alone made up for a lot of the shortcomings.
At any rate - I didn't know much about this book going in, except that it was medieval fantasy + dinosaurs, and man, did it deliver that. And it was delightful. Seriously, you didn't know you wanted Spanish Expy knights riding dinosaurs until you read this book. Or at least I didn't. Concept aside, the political intrigue is, well, intriguing, though a lot of the book feels like set-up (this is the first in a series, it seems) and laying groundwork for later events. Still, I'm hooked. I'm especially fond of the casual bisexuality and Melodia's group of female friends. Sometimes Milan is prone to lingering over battle scenes, but speaking as someone who usually isn't a fan of lovingly described battles, I actually enjoyed reading these. Maybe because there are dinosaurs. (Seriously, I'm not over that.)
The prose is nothing to write home about but absolutely adequate, and the characters certainly aren't the most compelling I've read, but this book was rollicking good fun to read, and the concept alone made up for a lot of the shortcomings.