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daniel_faniel 's review for:
The Tusks of Extinction
by Ray Nayler
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This definitely isn’t my type of genre so I’m biased in that sense.
But the synopsis of this book is super misleading. The focus is more on the poachers than on Damira being a mammoth (even though it’s a big chunk of the story). There’s also so many POV and side characters for such a short book that it feels a bit bloated/all over the place.
It’s also not a thriller at all. It’s super short but this is a pretty slow paced character exploration. The book’s more interested delving into to these characters than about any mysteries the world building asks.
I did like the prose. It was super readable. And pretty interesting scifi ideas.
But the synopsis of this book is super misleading. The focus is more on the poachers than on Damira being a mammoth (even though it’s a big chunk of the story). There’s also so many POV and side characters for such a short book that it feels a bit bloated/all over the place.
It’s also not a thriller at all. It’s super short but this is a pretty slow paced character exploration. The book’s more interested delving into to these characters than about any mysteries the world building asks.
I did like the prose. It was super readable. And pretty interesting scifi ideas.