Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Review: Extinction

Extinction

By Douglas Preston

Pretty gripping drama; had me throughout. Not everyone dies in the end, but close enough. He was way too obvious in setting himself up for a sequel.

This was a much more realistic depiction of reviving long-extinct species than Jurassic Park, but then of course, the science has advanced a great deal since Jurassic Park. It’s all quite very believable…except for one big and pretty annoying “loophole” the author allowed himself. After decidedly stating something to be impossible (so far), he suddenly decided it was possible and didn’t give any explanation about what was different in this case or why the mistake was made. Sorry I can’t give details without revealing a crucial plot point.


Ignoring that anomaly, I highly recommend this.

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