Age of Monsters

By: John Lee Schneider

Narrated by: Eric Priessman

Once upon a time, Dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

But the Mesozoic era – the Age of Reptiles – came to its cataclysmic end sixty-five million years ago.

The Age of Monsters begins tonight.

And the world of humankind will crumble.

Some will call it Judgment. Some will attempt to fight. Others will simply run. Most will just try and survive.

But no one will escape.

In the mountains. In the oceans. In the cities and towns. Even up in space.

Where were YOU when the world ended?

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Action for days.

What I like in Age of Monsters was the insane amount of action sequences. The ensuing chaos the creatures caused, whenever they are destroying cities or killing each other, made for very intense scenes that I am glad are only fiction. Needless to say, I was very entertained.

Other elements I liked was the some of the characters, the chemistry between Rosa and Lucas was cute, and the scenes with Jonah, Naomi, and the hippie couple were funny. Lastly, I liked the lore involving Monster Island. It makes curious as what the mystery is with the island and the residential Professor Hinkle.

What I do not like about the book were a few grammatical and punctual errors, such as when the title chapter 28 was unbolded, or when ‘Troodon’ was spelled as ‘Toodon’. The biggest problem is that it is outside the norm of paleontology and how we associate dinosaurs today. If an actual paleontologist read this, they will most likely have a heart attack.

Regardless, I was really entertained with Age of Monsters, and I am curious as to what else the other books in this series have in store.

The Moby Dick of prehistoric monster books

The world ends… not by fire, but by Kaiju! I almost returned it. It had such crazy aggressive story ideas. Then…This human drama started round chapter 9 and lasted a few chapters. Ugh! A bit too sweet in all this spicy spice apocalypse. Luckily I hung in there. Because… From there on the book is one long action SCENES. The author comes up with unique twists on classic tropes that kept me guessing at some times just what the heck was happening. However, I had such fun hanging on to the edge of my seat I really didn’t care. I felt the author really gave this story every thing he had. Held nothing back. He doesn’t cut corners but keeps coming up with strange unique ideas, each one building on the last, until you are in awe of the scope and range of this tale. This book is epic… for a prehistoric monster Kaiju tale. Know what I mean? Plus, very good narration that never gets in the way of the story.