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julis 's review for:
The Dinosaur Lords
by Victor Milán
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
… Okay so the premise for this book is late Middle Ages Europe plus dinosaurs so how could I possibly resist.
The book does follow through on the premise: The dinosaurs are dinosaurs, the knights are knights, the world is detailed, and everything ends up either eaten or stabbed or both.
Unfortunately the writing is clunky and the plotting is worse. Who is the protag? Who do I want to win? Right now it’s mostly the dinosaurs. There’s a completely unnecessary rape scene at the end that left a bad taste in my mouth and as much as the author is venting about the problems with feudalism and the nobility…in-universe the solution seems to be “complain but keep your head down because everyone who protests gets killed” which may be accurate but isn’t narratively very satisfying.