Reviews with content warning for Cannibalism - Extinction. Wenn das Böse erwacht: Thriller | 'Relic' meets 'Jurassic Park' – der neue Thriller von Bestsellerautor Douglas Preston.

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.

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bigmak207's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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rachelmanwill's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

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.

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annieisawesome's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I almost gave up in the first chapter when someone is reading a book that the author had written. I loved the twists and turns. Didn’t like a lot of other things. I did predict it pretty early on, but it was still a fun ride. The author is not great at actually making the characters engaging, and there’s a lot of unnecessary parts, but the over all plot is fun.

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hellocherry813's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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ripxreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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adelaidejewel's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a pretty fun read, and is the exact kind of shit I’m into. The main things I didn’t like is that the author mentioned everyone’s weight, like, A LOT. And also there were some repetitive words and phrases that caught my attention, but it wasn’t as distracting as the weight thing.

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