Audio Narrator was excellent. The story itself I struggled to be interested in or appreciate. Would be a great book for those that love jungle adventure stories and movies like Jurassic Park and King Kong. The book is more about the adventure and the journey than it is about the dinosaurs and other discoveries.

Mr. Malone, a journalist, decides to pursue danger after the woman he desires says she won't marry a man who hasn't risked his life. Malone connects with the violent and cocky Professor Challenger who has been criticized in science for his claims at discovering a land of living dinosaurs. Challenger offers to take Malone as a reporter and a group of disbelieving scientists to the land. The men take a long journey through a South American rain forest. They meet a variety of natives and make camp and various points until they reach The Plateau, the volcanic land that is home to dinosaurs and other Jurassic period beings. The men go through a series of dangerous trials before making their way back home to share their findings.

There were only 2 female characters in this whole book and they were absolutely intolerable. Poor representations for women. The men were just as bad in their patriarchal and academic self-absorption. It was an interesting and depressing insight into the culture of the time. Overall I did not enjoy this book and found it very underwhelming. There were very few scenes that were riveting or had me wanting to know more.