Dinosaur Planet

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Summary: Just a bit disappointing...
Review: I have read all of Anne McCaffrey's books at least three times, but have yet to complete this book once. I keep coming back to it hoping it will become a better read. It's hard to follow, the characters seem shallow and it just doesn't have the flair I have come to expect from Anne McCaffrey

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Summary: Very disappointing. I've read all of Anne's books. This wa
Review: I have read all of Anne McCaffrey's books at least three times, but have yet to complete this book once. I keep coming back to it hoping it will become a better read. It's hard to follow, the characters seem shallow and it just doesn't have the flair I have come to expect from Anne McCaffrey

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Summary: Leave it to the Dinosaurs
Review: It has been about a decade since I read this book, so I do not remember the details all that well, but I do remember thinking it was the most poorly written SF book I had ever read. After 10 years, I still have not read worse. It is (thankfully) quite short, and perhaps if packaged with the sequal Dinosaur Planet Survivors might together make a single weak novel. As a stand alone book, you will be annoyed by the ending, which just leaves the entire plot hanging. I was too disgusted with the writing, however, to ever read the sequel. For a book to engender such negative emotions this long after I read it I think says a lot.

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Summary: you really have to like Ms caffereys writing
Review: this book was a total let down for me , im more into weber,steve white,eric flint,david drake ,this is good read if you like soft sifi if like that type of writing this is for you .

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Summary: More dinosaurs, please
Review: This book was enjoyable as a tale of humans (and humanoids) exploring a distant world. However, the title led me to believe that I would read a lot more about dinosaurs than I did. The romance at the center of the story is nice, though a little under-played. I would have liked more, more, more. A more intense dinosaur adventure can be found in Dinosaur Wars, by Hopp, where both the romance AND the big beasts are more well-portrayed. Still, Dinosaur Planet was worthwhile reading--just not my top preference of this sub-genre.

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Summary: Not her best work
Review: This book was not her best work! Like the second book in this series, it was a let down for me. I am a huge fan of her writing, but this is not what she normally writes like. I would recommend the Dragonriders of Pern or the Powers that Be series, which are much better than this one! The second book in this series is not any better than this one, so if you did not like this one, don't bother with the second. This is a good one to get from the library before buying. I guess every writer has to have a few bad books.

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Summary: Great Book!!!!
Review: This book, and Dinosaur Planet Surviors are a MUST read before diving into the Planet Pirates series (Death of Sleep, Sassinak, Generation Warriors). Even though the time frame for this book is towards the end of Death of Sleep and of Sassinak, you must read these first to get the full impact of the whole set. She does such a good job of character development, that her works are never cookie-cutter. Each world is as real as the next.