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I picked this up in a hostel book exchange, not knowing it was the second book, but knowing that I love Piers Anthony's Xanth series, so I would love this as well. I do wish that I had read the first book first, because it was very obvious there was an existing story already.

Eh, I didn't really love it. Now, it was very obvious to me that this was one of Anthony's earliest books, his writing has definitely improved since this. The thing that frustrated me most is that the story itself is GOOD, but he spends far too much time explaining the world the characters are on. Maybe I know too much about dinosaurs- it was too elementary for me for him to describe each breed of dinosaur and ancient reptiles. I do enjoy the way that the three main human characters interact, I just wish he would spend less time explaining the imagery etc.

I do love the way that the character Orn describes the idea of evolution, and having a working knowledge of his species' place in the world.