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Pros & Cons
Pros
Nothing is overly obscene, * or raunchy for it is all in good taste and good for teens to adults. This book revolves around a teen who starts out as a spoiled rich brat and becomes a man. It takes him on an amazing adventure, the likes of which he cou... Read More
Twists and turns are plentiful. Contains a recurring crichton theme of scientists who are primarily motivated by the pursuit of personal riches and fame.
A student on a paleontological expedition finds himself caught in the crossfire. Cope discovered 56 new dinosaur species and marsh 80. It's a fictionalized account of a real rivalry between two paleontologists.
Main character is william johnson, a fictional rich kid at yale who finds himself embroiled in a rivalry between real-life paleontologists othniel charles marsh and edward drinker cope. Professor marsh is eccentric and wildly paranoid.
Cons
This book is not even close to the same caliber as this renowned author's works prior to his death. The book itself feels like a rough draft or, worse, an outline. In my opinion it should have been revised by another writer before seeing print, or jus... Read More
This posthumous offering seems more like some research notes than a full novel.
Highlights
Quality
Sure the quality of his stories may vary some characters may be flat his twists may be ridiculous at times but still he is consistent
They even did a good job with the electric wars the railroad and even some of the towns
Competitiveness
Semitrue tale of the competition over dinosaur bones discovered in the old west
Two warring paleontologists arch enemies compete for dinosaur fossils in the war scarred landscape of the american west
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- This product had a total of 3,251 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 28 2022.
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Wasn’t sure what to expect from this “new” crichton novel
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The final book to be released after his death
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Such a shame there wont be more
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William johnson is just trying to win a bet
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Two characters marsh and cope as it turns out both of them were historical figures of note are professors hellbent on etching their names into latinized forms in the naming of new dinosaur species
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Johnson and then is discarded offhand at the first sign of her duplicity
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The protagonist grew into a man right on the pages
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