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David McK (3425 KP) rated The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World in Books

May 8, 2022

I picked this up on sale for something like 99p on Kindle.

I have to say, I'm glad I didn't pay full price for it.

I mean no disrespect, but I did find this quite hard to get through, and really not at all what I was expecting from the blurb/description on the link I followed to purchase it - I'm not sure why, but it just didn't gel with me.

Oh, some of the bits actually *about* the dinosaurs were interesting enough, but I did - generally - find them to be wheat amongst the chaff, rather than the 'main course' (which, I felt, was more about the contemporary exploits of the author).

Oh, there's no doubt he knows his stuff; maybe this was simply a case where expectation did not meet reality and maybe, if I had known pre-purchase that this was more about the state of palaeontology today than about the age of the dinosaurs my view may have been different?

Anyway, it's read cover to cover now. Doubt it is one I will be heading back to anytime soon.

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momoknowsbest (14 KP) rated ARK Survival Evolved in Video Games

Dec 20, 2017

ARK Survival Evolved

2017 | Action/Adventure

7.0

(24 Ratings)

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pet dinos (2 more)

survival game

crafting

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Dinosaurs!

this game is super fun! I love just hooking up and playing mindlessly for a few hours. I love all the pets you can have and how they each have something to offer. I hate how things effect you so quickly and sometimes you can barely react before your dead. but hey, takes a while to get into the swing of any new gaming experience so I'm currently happy with it

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Dean (6926 KP) rated Jurassic Park III (2001) in Movies

Jun 5, 2018

Jurassic Park III (2001)

2001 | Adventure, Sci-Fi

6.9

(50 Ratings)

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Panned by critics upon release, this is still a very enjoyable film. It is the weakest of the 3, the story is not the best or most original. The ending also feels like it was rushed and happens very abruptly. However there are still very few films with such convincing dinosaurs in them and the effects are great. Just a pity there wasn't a bit more of the T-rex fight near the start. Sit back and enjoy the visuals.

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Lizzi Lewins (73 KP) rated Jurassic world: Alive in Apps

Jan 10, 2019

I don't normally go in for these types of games but having been a fan of jurassic park since 1993 I thought I'd give it a go. It's not a bad game although without being out searching for a lot of time you will struggle in later levels for coins to evolve the dinosaurs. My only real dislike of the game is the hybrids, I know this is just following the film but I'm really not a fan of them.