I enjoyed the topic and the author's writing style. While being a bit slow at the start the pace got faster about halfway through the book. It's an interesting topic and I really like the descriptions of the de-extincted animals and the place in general, I could easily envision it in my mind. I would have loved to see more of the mentioned animals though, and for a thriller, in my opinion, the pace was a bit too slow, especially at the beginning, but it was overall OK. 

The story itself, well, I can just see how this could easily happen someday in the near future. As the main character says at the end "If something can be done, it will be done" ... And many things can go wrong when mankind tries to play God (just think Jurassic Park with creatures from a different period of Earth's history).

While not being the most intense thriller I've ever read, I sure enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to anybody who likes this topic, too, and doesn't mind a somewhat more relaxed pace. 

I read this quickly - but spent most of it rolling my eyes. It is truly unnecessary to continually mention the female main character’s body type and the fact that she’s in good shape despite not being thin. 

I was so not sold on the first two chapters - I thought we were going to have to follow the rich couple the entire time and I was like you’re KIDDING me… but then they got murdered right at the end of chapter two and it really picked up as the promised procedural thriller! The plot wasn’t terribly surprising - by about the second time they appeared I had nailed down exactly who the killers were, but it was so interesting to read the politics of the different officers interacting and the Pleistocene setting! Plus getting into the motivations was pretty cool and I was

honestly very glad they didn’t kill the Neanderthals at the end

. Fair warning for animal lovers

don’t get too attached to the baby mammoth - I did because he’s such a lil cutie and then they murder him like halfway through :(

. I enjoyed this WAY more than I expected to based on the first couple of chapters and I do genuinely recommend it to anyone who likes procedurals, the Pleistocene, and interpersonal politics.