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A review by poucks_books
The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Finished reading:
The Paleontologist by @thenewdumas
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
🦖🦕🦖/5
I am a huge lover of dinosaurs and when I heard about this book, I immediately bought it. However, it would still take me months to get to it, and FINALLY it happened. I read the book!
First things first, this book was not exactly what I expected, but it was still absolutely amazing. People that know me, know I don't like thrillers and "murder needs to be solved" or "who done it" kind of stuff. But Luke managed to tie everything in perfectly with a skeleton of a dinosaur and the disappearance of a child.
I loved the story, how everything fit perfectly together and how it turned out in the end. Every character was also very well thought out and every character in the story was needed to make everything work in the end.
The MC was also very likable and you can't help rooting for Simon and his detective skills. I also think Simon's actions throughout the story all make sense and nothing he did was totally far fetched or straight up impossible.
All in all, I expected a story with dinosaurs coming to live and ransacking the museum and eating people or whatever, but it was so much better than that!
There were however 2 small issues I had while reading the book. 1) For me, it started getting interesting pretty late in the book and 2) the font of my edition was small and close together which made it harder for me to read sometimes. But those things became less of an issue progressing in the book further!
The Paleontologist by @thenewdumas
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
🦖🦕🦖/5
I am a huge lover of dinosaurs and when I heard about this book, I immediately bought it. However, it would still take me months to get to it, and FINALLY it happened. I read the book!
First things first, this book was not exactly what I expected, but it was still absolutely amazing. People that know me, know I don't like thrillers and "murder needs to be solved" or "who done it" kind of stuff. But Luke managed to tie everything in perfectly with a skeleton of a dinosaur and the disappearance of a child.
I loved the story, how everything fit perfectly together and how it turned out in the end. Every character was also very well thought out and every character in the story was needed to make everything work in the end.
The MC was also very likable and you can't help rooting for Simon and his detective skills. I also think Simon's actions throughout the story all make sense and nothing he did was totally far fetched or straight up impossible.
All in all, I expected a story with dinosaurs coming to live and ransacking the museum and eating people or whatever, but it was so much better than that!
There were however 2 small issues I had while reading the book. 1) For me, it started getting interesting pretty late in the book and 2) the font of my edition was small and close together which made it harder for me to read sometimes. But those things became less of an issue progressing in the book further!