Planet of Dinosaurs

By: Allan J.D. McNeill

Narrated by: Andy Packard

In the distant future, Spaceways Incorporated detects a scarce and expensive mineral on a planet far beyond our galaxy. They send a well-trained crew on the spaceship Odyssey to mine the minerals; however, a major malfunction changes everything. The crew must escape the ship and head for the nearest planet. They find themselves marooned on a world that is millions of years younger than earth and have to fight for survival on the Planet of Dinosaurs.

©2018 Allan J.D. McNeill (P)2018 Allan J.D. McNeill

Good Storyline. but...

I liked the story, after all, it's dinosaurs, what's not to like? However, I could not get passed the slow pace of the narration. I tried to increase the speed but that made some characters and narration too fast while some were still agonizingly slow. I'm not criticizing the narrator, or saying you shouldn't give it a listen, I'm only suggesting you listen to a sample first to be sure you're good with the pacing.

Bad performance

Delivery was choppy, accents were nonsensical.
Some of the characterizations were odd, The author added a bit before and a little after the events of the movie. Too many people already knew each other(different from the movie). This made some reactions to deaths odd as 2 characters show little emotion for losing long-time girlfriends.
The only reason to get this is if you are a fan of the movie. The performance is horrible.

Awesome Narration and Fun Story!

He really brought the characters to life. There are some funny moments, some tragic moments, and some tense moments. I really feel like a book can be made or broke by the storyteller and he did a great job of keeping me interested. Chapter 15 was incredible and definitely my favorite. I’m a huge fan of anything dinosaurs, but since the movie wasn’t well received I wasn’t expecting much. Really happy I decided to try this one out.

Enjoyed it

Was going to rate a 4 but the last hour and a half made it a 5. I really liked it.