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taylorthiel's review against another edition
4.0
This is a beautiful book.
But I’ll be straight up: it reads like a textbook. If you wanna feel like you’re doing homework, this is the book for you.
That being said, it’s well structured and beautifully illustrated. I’ve been on a spree of writing dinosaur poems and I will definitely use this as a reference to get details in the future. It covers the basics and does so in a mostly accessible way.
But I’ll be straight up: it reads like a textbook. If you wanna feel like you’re doing homework, this is the book for you.
That being said, it’s well structured and beautifully illustrated. I’ve been on a spree of writing dinosaur poems and I will definitely use this as a reference to get details in the future. It covers the basics and does so in a mostly accessible way.
jhg1995's review
5.0
Informative and very accurate for a 2010 encyclopedia. This was the kind of book I liked reading as a kid and still do now. The artwork is excellent as ever. That being said, Paul tends to make unwarranted lumping of genera like with Aucasaurus and Abelisaurus. Some(not all) of the weight figures are questionable but since when can you weigh a dinosaur? Overall, highly recommended for any paleontology fan!
jhg1995's review against another edition
5.0
Great update on an already fantastic encyclopedia. Sure, Paul makes my favorite dinosaur(Parasaurolphus) look small and there's some questionable lumping at hand(Scolosaurus and Euoplocephalus should be seperate, Styracosaurus, Einiosaurus, and Pachyrhinosaurus are definitely not identical to Centrosaurus, Triceratops and Eotriceratops are probably separate, etc.) but overall great for any paleontology fan. As for the creatures before and after the Mesozoic along with the non-dinosaur animals that lived during the Mesozoic, catch 'em all...on the internet!
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