Raising The Past by Jeremy Robinson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Raising The Past
Book Review: Missed the mark...
Summary: 2 Stars
The premise of this book, unfortunately, was much more interesting than its actual execution. It was a fun, silly sort of adventure that would have been more entertaining without the video game references and stilted, unrealistic dialogue. The loose ending and the characters' blanket acceptance of all the outlandish actions just felt completely unbelievable. Still, it was overall entertaining enough to keep me reading. If the characters had been more three-dimensional and less stereotypical, and the wildlife had been treated more realistically, then I would have enjoyed this much, much more.Book Review: Nice idea, writing improvement needed
Summary: 3 Stars
While I liked the core idea of this book, that two extra-galactic civilizations are opposing one another to destroy/save worlds, some of the details are inconsistent. Also the writing doesn't do a great job of making the characters realistic and wanders off into "B" movie kind of dialogue, plus they also overreact, one moment they are lucid and even giving orders and then next they are whimpering in fear somewhere, then they snap back to reality. An easy, okay read for the beach for sci-fi fans but not for my "best books" list.Book Review: Not up to the hype!
Summary: 3 Stars
Based on the 5-star reviews and the premise about excavating a woolly mammoth, I went ahead and purchased this book, hoping it would really be a great adventure yarn -- especially since it was recommended by James Rollins. As I read the book, however, the story for me devolved into a comic-bookish sci-fi story complete with opposing sets of aliens! I believe the author was a comic book writer and I think this is very evident. I did enjoy the setup for the story and the first parts about the mammoth excavation. And the story does have a lot of action but I really can't recommend it.
Another thing that was distracting to me was the numerous typos in the text. This book was published by a new publishing house (Breakneck Books) and this could be the reason for the errors.
Book Review: Okay I guess.
Summary: 3 Stars
Has anyone compared this to John Varley's 2006 novel "Mammoth?" In that book a frozen mammoth is found, defrosted, and out slides a woman's body clutching a device of advanced technology.Book Review: Raising the Past
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is sweet!! I totally loved it. Jeremy Robinson has an incredible imagination. Action all the way through. Anyone who doesn't like this book needs to go back to romance novels! I'm off to buy Didymus right now!