Raising The Past by Jeremy Robinson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Raising The Past
Book Review: This is a Page Turner
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was a very enjoyable read. It was fast paced with interesting well defined characters and a ton of action. I thought that I was going to be reading a book about the excavation of a frozen mammoth but I was pleasantly surprised that there was so much more. The story moves quickly from one action packed sequence to the next. I was really looking forward to learning more about the mammoth they discovered but that was not to be. The story in this book moves like a rocket ship on steroids.
I read at night before going to bed and I found myself going to bed earlier and earlier so that I could spend more time reading this book. At 295 pages, unfortunately the ride was over way too soon. Great book. If you love a fast paced adventure you'll love this book.
Book Review: Very entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a huge fan of science fiction, as wells as history and the sciences, so as soon as I seen the description of this book I knew that I had to check it out.
For the most part I wasn't disappointed. The story is engaging with lots of action and a furious pace that makes it a page turner all the way to the end. The author, Jeremy Robinson, has much talent and I recommend this book.
Although, it could have been better had more time been taken for research and character development, I got the feeling that the book was pushed through the publishing process rather quickly.
The main characters are scientists, or are supposed to be, although unless it wasn't spelled out it would be hard to actually know they were. The only character with a real personality is Eddy, the rest of the characters are thin and stereotyped. There's the 'obsessive crush', the 'pampered PIA/b*tch' (although by about 80 pages into the story they sort of loose their personalities and barely stand out at all), the 'mister fixit', the 'greedy scientist', and so on.
Most of the characters don't suffer from the lack of research as much as the main character Eddy. The first time he suffers is when he proclaims with certainty that humans killed off the mammoths. Although not entirely false, any modern scientist would be foolish to make such a statement simply because all humans did was help finish off a species that was already being devastated by environmental changes. This is only one of a few things Eddy says that will make any well read science fan scratch their head.
Other basic science flaws include placing the nighttime temp at the work site at -30, this wouldn't be wrong but for the fact that the story takes place at the end of summer (the characters mention daylight becoming sparser at one point, although any reason for why any scientist would be foolhardy enough to mount such a major expedition in that area at that time of the year isn't fully explained) and it wouldn't be that cold at that latitude by then. Later in the story the nighttime temp is a much more believable -10.
Another easily corrected error that stood out is that the size of an attacking polar bear is 9 feet and about 900 lbs, but the bear was supposedly emaciated and only 'half it's normal weight'. The largest polar bear on record is a bit under 12 foot mounted and weighted about 2100 lbs when killed, so it would be highly unlikely that a bear 1/3 shorter would only weight a few hundred pounds less. A more reasonable weight would have been 1300-1500 lbs. The polar bear also suffered in another way due to lack of research, at the end of summer is when these massive beasts are at their largest after gorging themselves off the plentiful prey for months, not starving and willing to hunt humans because there's nothing else to eat.
There are many other such scientific inconsistencies, as well as some formatting errors such as paragraphs not being indented. The top and lower margins are also somewhat large and leave a lot of blank space on the pages, making the book appear to have been formatting in such a way to bulk up the page count.
Book Review: Very good book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroghly enjoyed this book. When I read James Rollins' blurb I couldn't help but wonder what a mammoth frozen in ice had to do with the future of all mankind, so I bought it. I wasn't disappointed in the least. Raising the Past is very fast paced and engaging; it kept me up past my bedtime several nights in a row. I just purchased Robinson's other book, The Didymus Contingency, and I expect to be just as pleased with it. I look forward to more books from this author.Book Review: WOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
I started this book last night at 7 pm, read throughout the night with about 3 hours of total sleep. Finished at 9 am this morning. What a great ride!! I just want to know if there will be a continuation of this story in another book. The epilogue leads one to believe that there might be..... "The Aeros had been called to Earth." One can only hope!!Book Review: What Happen's Next
Summary: 5 Stars
Great read. I feel as if I have made a trip to the Artic, even though it has been 90 degrees in my geographical location. I can't believe how authors can come up with such diverse plots and situations. Raising the Past was so good that I couldn't put it down. Thank heavens I have a DVR cause I didn't even turn on the television until I finished it.
Some may complain about grammar and words that were misspelled. But it didn't detract from me being in the Artic, waiting for the next shoe to fall. Write another book, Mr. Robinson. I like your style !!