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Mammoth
by Chris Flynn
It's a great idea, to write a history from the perspective of the fossilised bones of prehistoric creatures, but this one didn't quite work for me. I can't decide on a rating - I think it would be 2.5, because it was such a bumpy ride. I'd be totally absorbed and enjoying it, then turn a page and be really irritated.
Although I liked the more or less accurate backstory to the 19th century excavation of the mammoth of the title and enjoyed its imagined journey around the world, I couldn't stand the wisecracking dialogue from the other fossils. Also perhaps I'm being picky but in the natural world these days elephants are lead by females and wolves are led by alpha pairs, but in Mammoth their ancestors are led by the males. There are some great female characters, including an Irish adventurer and a cranky pharoah, but this change seems like male blinkers firmly in place.
Although I liked the more or less accurate backstory to the 19th century excavation of the mammoth of the title and enjoyed its imagined journey around the world, I couldn't stand the wisecracking dialogue from the other fossils. Also perhaps I'm being picky but in the natural world these days elephants are lead by females and wolves are led by alpha pairs, but in Mammoth their ancestors are led by the males. There are some great female characters, including an Irish adventurer and a cranky pharoah, but this change seems like male blinkers firmly in place.