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Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton

7 reviews

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

If you're looking for a Jurassic Park adjacent story, I do not recommend this for that. Dragon Teeth is a 100% historical fiction novel that doesn't even have very much to do with fossils at all. That being said, I found this story to be fairly enjoyable as basically a paleontologist-centric cowboy western. There's far more plot regarding traveling in the pre-settled West than anything else.  

The MMC was not particularly lovable at first (spoiled brat actually) but he had a decent amount of character growth over the course of the book. It was also a little predictable trope-y where the rich brat goes through a bunch of shit and comes back rugged and no-nonsense. Honestly, not a lot actually happened as far as plot goes either, it was kind of a rambling journey west then back east again. Although, I found it to be enjoyable, it wasn't particularly imaginative nor did it have any outstandingly special plot points or characteristics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

fatfatrat's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Colonisation and War

carliethompsonwriting's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Gun violence

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gore

Minor: Racial slurs

marc_le's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Racism

ashleykayejournals's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death

Moderate: Violence

kaylee1957's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Cowboy and dinosaurs, need I say more. Fast paced historical fiction adventure in the wild west. Did I mention dinosaurs

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, and Violence