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kitkat175's review
4.0
I mostly listened to the audiobook for this book, and honestly I quite liked this book. I loved his other book about Dinosaurs. I loved all the photos of the mammals and dinosaurs comparing them and seeing what they looked like during that time. I love learning about the history of mammals and the dinosaurs. I enjoy this author quite a bit, his stories are quite intriguing and great to listen to or to read. I don't have much to say about this book.
livstreff's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I enjoyed Brusatte’s previous book about dinosaurs a few years ago, and this ‘sequel’ was just as good. It is absolutely ram packed with facts, but still easy to read and follow. Brusatte explains the different ages and evolution of mammals clearly, with some good storytelling to intersperse the factual sections. I learnt some really interesting bits of information from this book and it definitely developed my understanding of mammals - there’s a lot more to their evolution than you would think. I found it particularly interesting to read about how mammals coexisted with dinosaurs, how their sizes changed according to temperature and how more familiar types of mammals (monkeys, canines and felines) only evolved fairly recently in the grand scheme of things.
A very interesting book that I would recommend.
blackberryblues's review against another edition
5.0
Even better than the Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.
raiju01's review
4.0
Seeing a timeline of the mammals since the days of the end-Permian was surreal, and how mammals evolved all the traits that make them what they are today. Only one chapter foced on the Homo species, which is fine by me, there are a lot of books that focus on those.
I really love the little fictitious stories the author comes up with for fossils, very cute.
I really love the little fictitious stories the author comes up with for fossils, very cute.