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Extinction by Douglas Preston
3.25
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

If you have read some Michael Crichton books (especially Jurassic Park and Congo) you can skip this one because you know how the story goes early on and you will compare it a lot to his books. If you do not know Crichton - go ahead and try this one. But read Crichton, too. 

The story was okay, entertaining but predictable and the characters... The female lead, Frankie Cash, is apparently too fat but fitter than men would expect her to be. And we have to point that out several times, by herself and older men. And the last page - do you need to give them a maybe love story now? But props to her one sidekick Romanski, he actually respects Cash and her work.