A review by annie139d7
The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt by William Nothdurft, Josh Smith

2.0

This was not my book. In general, I found it to remain tangental to paleontology throughout. It was constantly more interested with the various researchers and their challenges in the field than with the dinosaurs themselves. This is not necessarily a negative, but it was not what I wanted form the book. Additionally, if the book did choose to focus more on the researchers, I would have wanted it to delve deeper into the history of paleontology than it actually does. Also perhaps expand upon the blatantly rude or racist statements it quotes when discussing the past. Personally I also found it hard to get past the fact that one of the main paleontologists, Josh Smith, recently left his position at U of Washington after allegations of sexual misconduct. Finally, as an archaeologist, I found it really annoying how the book uses archaeologist and paleontologist correctly but never explains the difference. I only find this important to do as many people are confused about what each person studies, as is abundantly clear in the reviews of this book. I would suggest this only if you have a passing interest in the subject and want a very boiled down and publicized reading of this discovery.