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A review by emilyh
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black
adventurous
informative
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I loved loved loved this book!
It was fascinating and super informative. The way it was written in a narrative style completely drew me in and made me feel the loss of this mass extinction event that much harder. The conclusion was great and the last sentence is beautiful and will definitely stick with me. Even the appendix was really fun to read since I got a better idea of how much of the science in the earlier chapters is known vs extrapolated or guessed. I had no idea of a lot of the details or just how bad the strike fallout was and was blown away by the information.
In the conclusion, the author discusses how much she misses the dinosaurs and, through reading her words, I felt that way as well. It's a bittersweet sadness knowing that we wouldn't exist if they still did while wishing we could see them in action. I'm so glad I had the chance to read this as an arc and will absolutely be buying my own copy to revisit later.
It was fascinating and super informative. The way it was written in a narrative style completely drew me in and made me feel the loss of this mass extinction event that much harder. The conclusion was great and the last sentence is beautiful and will definitely stick with me. Even the appendix was really fun to read since I got a better idea of how much of the science in the earlier chapters is known vs extrapolated or guessed. I had no idea of a lot of the details or just how bad the strike fallout was and was blown away by the information.
In the conclusion, the author discusses how much she misses the dinosaurs and, through reading her words, I felt that way as well. It's a bittersweet sadness knowing that we wouldn't exist if they still did while wishing we could see them in action. I'm so glad I had the chance to read this as an arc and will absolutely be buying my own copy to revisit later.