It was difficult to tell the procession of the story, which has a world-tour feeling similar to a James Bond film, should 007 visit underground caverns and Atlantis in addition to the standard tourist locations. However, I felt lost during some location transitions and had a hard time remember who was where. The various Century Club characters and their rogues gallery are well characterized, with a good dose of fun, and perhaps an even larger dose of the Spirit of the Century RPG spirit infused into them. It felt, at times, like I was sitting in on someone else's RPG session, or reading a dramatized recap of a set of sessions. For what it's worth, I listened to the audio version of this book, and have developed an intolerance for the narrator, Oliver Wyman's narration cadence. I'm going to re-read the text version at some point. Wendig is a prolific writer with a good reputation in genres which interest me. Chuck Wending is a man of endless creativity, and the talent to back it up. Sometimes, however, maybe a few too many ideas get into that marvelous dome of his, and every single one of them landed on the pages of "Dinocalypse Now", a novel that includes adventure, steampunk, telepathic dinosaurs, normal dinosaurs, intellgent ape-people, not-so-intelligent neandrethals from under-the-earth, Atlantis, and a super villain trying to end all of time itself.If this all sounds like a bit much to cram into 240 pages, that's because it is. It's such a weird problem to have, but there's actually too much happening in "Dinocalypse", and while it is overall excellently plotted and constantly gripping, it does lead to fatigue around page 180 when all the reader wants is to explore the relationships between our main characters, Sally, Mack, and Jet. Instead there are admittedly creative and fun battles and chases and magic, but it leads to five or so plots that are more shallow than I'd like, as opposed to three deeper plots with more character work and less psychosaurs. That and a truly criminal cliffhanger ending leave me hesitating to buy the second book in a planned trilogy. At the same time, where else am I going to get jetpacks, cargo planes, and pterodactyls?
What do You think about Dinocalypse Now (2012)?
I have to concede it was a fun read. Not much depth, but a lot of color and creativity.
—kaze
Yeah but no. When you can't make it to chapter 3 that's a problem.
—wolf_45
Well, I liked it, but it was hard to visualize.
—shreya
