The author spends just as much time slapping himself on the back and cooing over his fellow paleontologists as fulfilling the promise of the title. Editing out the self-love could have cut the text by 1/3 and been more interesting.

Awesome, thought provoking and endless information I had never learned about! Worth the read!!

The writing in this book is acceptable. Much of the beginning is in first person, and heavy biases of this author are sprinkled throughout the book. Some of the writing is I skimmed through a lot of was bone discovery writing which was often dull, finding that I just wanted him to skip the fluff and just keep the good stuff. There is a good part where he talks about finding sauropod tracks in Europe. He argues that previously dinosaurs were seen as stupid, stating they weren’t actually so primitive, yet says later that many ornithischians were incredibly dumb animals, unlike the super King T. Rex. That said, this book shines in it’s gripping detail of certain descriptions and the author’s extensive knowledge in dinosaurs. I can say I learned a lot of names of dinosaurs I never saw before. Overall, one of the better dinosaur books and worth getting if you like learning about dinosaurs.

Excellent book, easy reading for a French speaking person. Makes you love more the ferocious beast and understand the timelines of history. Did not want to drop the book.

This book about dinosaurs seems well thought out and detailed, with just the right amount of technical jargon but still allows the reader to get immersed in the history of dinosaurs (and their cousins, etc). Please enjoy as I have, and I also will enjoy finishing this informative guide to the earth’s past...