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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. For any dinosaur lover, this is quite the adventure. Unlike some dinosaur books, this book does not get too bogged down in the names and details of the dinosaurs. It took a little while for the book to really get started, but once you get about halfway through it's difficult to put down. I definitely enjoyed this book and hope to see more from this author. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. In short: Though it is by no means a triumph in writing, characterization, or editing, Rex Riders by J.P. Carlson is a great adventure for any major dinosaur geek.I was so excited to receive Rex Riders through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers Program. As a paleo nerd, my reaction upon seeing the cover and reading the blurb for Rex Riders was pure, unadulterated joy. A story about a boy who gets to ride a tame, teenaged T-Rex, in the style of Dinotopia? Cool Factor 10! (Erm, or should this be Nerd Factor 10?). In Rex Riders, aliens transport dinosaurs from Cretaceous Era Earth to their own planet using a special-transport-device-thing. The dinosaurs thrive on their new planet and coevolve with other alien life forms. Later, they are brought back to Earth through the same special-transport-device-thing. Rex Riders definitely gets points for being the most original and strange book I've read this year. The major problem with Rex Riders however, is that it is simply no great piece of literature, to put it lightly. The writing and characterization is amateurish, reverting to the easy way out of "telling instead of showing" the reader. At 440 pages, Rex Riders is also in dire need of some serious editing. At various points, there were large sections of extraneous and boring information that I felt the urge to just skim over to get to the actual action. This all being said, did I expect Rex Riders to be excellently written when I saw it? No. I wanted to read it purely because it had dinosaurs in it, I'm not going to lie. And as a dinosaur fan, Rex Riders delivers on the Cool Factor scenes, featuring triceratops stampedes, baryonyx chases, and tyrannosaur hunts. J.P. Carlson excels in staging intense action scenes that were great fun to read. Anytime there was a dinosaur on the page, it thrilled me, even if they weren't doing anything particularly interesting. This story is for anyone who has ever dreamed of living in a time when dinosaurs were alive (with the added bonus that juvenile T-Rexes can be "domesticated" and ridden and are less likely to, you know, kill you). I know I've dreamt of it. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. Sorry Early Reviews, I did not get this book till late June and have only just finished reading it.Welcome to the Wild West but not as we know it. Initial First Impressions To start with the story was a little slow and choppy. It bounced back and forth between various character point of views trying to set the scene and tell the story. To be honest it got distracting and annoying. But it settled down and then the story flowed easier I then found myself rather enjoying the book. This book is a blend of westerns, sci-fi, and teen angst. I am not normally drawn to or read either of the Western or Sc-Fi genre and I have no idea why this sparked my interest when it became available as an advance reader copy, it just did. I am glad I read it even though it took me a month (eep, to be fair this was not the books fault but my fault for not being able to find time. These days life is busy, busy, busy!). Characters There are a lot of characters but I guess the main three would be Zeke, Uncle Jesse and Angelina. They were believable but a smidgeon stereotypical of western movies. However, Angelina was not, and was quite an interesting character with strong morals, a little bit of spunk, and intelligence. Stumpy the cook was perhaps my most favorite character to read and he brought a lot of humor to the book. He was the wise, gentle old man who sort of played negotiator between Uncle Jesse and Zeke. The bad guy D’allsandro was a fairly decent bad guy. On the scale of baddies one to ten he would be about a six. He was more of an oily snake kind of character then an out right pure evil type of character. He did have a “moment” toward the end of the book, but that was again more of an arrogance moment then pure evil bastard moment. Story The story was good and interesting. The blending of the western genre and sci-fi (the dinosaurs) was an interesting twist. Other then the choppy point of view and the slow start, the story actually moved at a fairly fast pace with lots of action and excitement. This is classic pulp fiction. If you are not a fun of the pulp fiction style of writing then it is probably best to stay away from this book. Otherwise it is a fun story . I really enjoyed the concept of this book. What if humans and dinosaurs had co-existed? Could we have domesticated them? Could we have used them as working animals? How would civilization look with domesticated t-rex’s rather then dogs? What I didn’t Like Well the constant jumping from point of views. It seemed really random and sometimes right in the middle of paragraph for about the space of a line. But this is more of a personal I thing. I really hate it when the point of view jumps around so much, for me it is distracting and often I just don’t see the point of knowing what a minor character is thinking when it is obvious (ie the baddie’s henchman not liking one of the main characters, the fact that he always tries to hit,shoot, belittle and bully the main character kinda gives it away that they don’t like each other). I am not entirely sure how accurate the Professor character was.While fossils had been discovered and collected before 1800’s the first dinosaur wasn’t named till the mid 1800’s. Also given that information took a lot longer to filter around the world back then, depending on his academic base it would be hard for him to be up to date with the latest discoveries. So in short I am not sure if he would have been able to accurately identify the majority of the dinosaurs they discovered, at least not with the terms we know now. This is really a small quibble to be honest as I understand the need for a little suspension of belief to make it easier for today’s readers to understand. Also he would have been forever explaining dinosaurs. But on further thought having the paleontologist making up names could have been a fun experience. In short This book was fun. It is not a serious book at all; it’s light, fluffy and campy. I was not the target audience which really would be the teen male market from 13-18 (depending on likes and reading ability), and have seen a few reviews from younger readers who loved this book. Do not take it seriously and you should enjoy it. As for the target group; what teenage boy wouldn’t like this book with cowboys, cool sci-fi devices, Dinosaurs, and action? Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I've sat on this review for awhile because I really don't know what to say. It seems like 2 or 3 separate books. The author's intentions are good and I had high hopes. However, the resulting story needs a great deal of editing. The first 100 pages provides a lot of detail about the Old West, peppered with numerous interruptions by the author to let readers know that this or that point was a reality in the era. Very distracting. I applaud the intent to provide some backstory and even history; but perhaps a glossary, historically accurate appendix, or even a companion non-fiction book (as Mary Pope Osborne often does with the Magic Treehouse Series) would have been a better use of this material. Then the middle of the book caught my attention, but the action and descriptions were very uneven; an adept editor would have helped make this more concise and even. The last 100 pages or so of the book were a pleasure to read. The action, plot and character development finally gelled. My immediate thought was to put the book down but I persevered and was ultimately rewarded. But it took a very long time to get to the pay-off. Will young readers stick it out? Even with the tie-in with the COWBOYS AND ALIENS movie, I don't really believe young readers will stick with this one, especially reluctant readers for whom this could have been a natural recommendation.
"...I devoured those books [by Edgar Rice Burroughs]. I’d never encountered anything else so filled with action, exotic characters and unabashed imagination as displayed in that amazing series. Of course the popularity of Burroughs alien tales inspired hundreds of writers to follow in his footsteps, many attempting to duplicate the verve and grandeur of his Barsoom titles. None ever came close, until now. From the first chapter of J.P. Carlson’s book, 'Rex Riders' that same magical what-if that Burroughs so effortlessly created is evident here. Set in the sleepy Texas town of Dos Locos, post Civil War, what Carlson brilliantly does is turn the tables on the Carter device and brings an alien romantic hero to Earth in the form of the Rex Rider. [...] 'Rex Riders' is a deft blend of action, humor and wall-to-wall adventure in a truly original setting. Reading it was nothing short pure joy, easily recapturing the fun I’d had when first discovering the John Carter of Mars books. And if that isn’t a cause for celebration amongst today’s pulp readers, I don’t know what is. In fact, I love this book so much, I’m giving it to my grandson, Alex, assured it will set him on a path I first walked over fifty years ago. Thanks, J.P. Carlson. With your first book, you’ve made a loyal fan that is very, very anxious for the sequels." "This is so blindingly awesome that it almost needs no explanation. But I'll tell you what it is - a new kids' book called Rex Riders, about the American frontier. With dinosaurs!" "This ‘weird western’ inserts the prehistoric world of dinosaurs into the traditional cowboy setting of cattle roundups, rodeos and stampedes, square dances and six-shooters . . . [Readers] will enjoy the lively action and adventure in the manner of King Kong or Jurassic Park."
When 14-year-old Zeke Calhoun goes to live at his Uncle Jesse’s broken-down ranch in Texas, he discovers that he has a natural way with horses and loves to ride. But this is nothing compared to what he finds in a riverbed near the ranch: a mysterious stranger, riddled with bullets, lying face down in the dirt, and a juvenile T-Rex keeping a pack of hungry wolves at bay.Where did the stranger come from? Who shot him and why?While Zeke saves the stranger and sets out to answer these questions, he finds something much more interestinga bridle in the dinosaur’s mouth. From that moment on he knows he is destined to ride the T-Rex. What he does not know, however, is that his actions will set off a chain of events plunging him into an incredible adventure, one that will lead to the discovery of a deadly alliance between Earth and a prehistoric world that could threaten the very fabric of both. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Will I ever finish this book? Probably not. I gave this book 2 stars because the concept is there, and with better focus, this could have been great. ( )