This is a junior novelization of the film in the same vein as the previous three. In short, it was the popcorn novelization you would expect it to be. Pratt’s charm is toned down to make this a kid’s book. I know this is about spoilers, but honestly I loved reading novelizations before seeing the movie when I was a kid. Now a bunch of reptiles are doing reptile stuff, all reptilian-like.” This is a basic skill that kids learn in third grade and I think that David Lewman should could have easily done better in this regard. There’s a lot of repetition of the word “reptile”, instead of mixing up a paragraph with synonyms such as dinosaur or the name of the dinosaur. The name of every dinosaur is italicized. It was easier to distinguish the individuals in the raptor squad when you know which one is doing what. They didn’t mention the parents’ lame divorce subplot. 16 pages of glorious pics from the movie. A lot of the Easter Eggs from the movie are more noticeable in the book than the movie. The plot is fast-paced, clocking in at 128 pages.
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