Like every other child alive, I had a dinosaur phase when I was a kid. It never got super intense, but curiosity has always been there, so when I heard someone mention this book, I jumped at the chance to relive my old love. 

This is a very accessible non-fiction book, designed for people like me, who need a joke or little personal backstory every once in a while in order to stay engaged in a non-fiction book. That’s not to say the subject was boring—I really loved it, and learned more about dinosaurs (and that there were a ton of pre-dinosaur animals roaming around, who knew) and their timeline than I could have dreamed. But I also just really liked the author’s voice coming through. The scientific names of the animals, while necessary, could get boring and the author had a great balance of science and just exciting facts / stories. 

Recommend to any adult who wants to learn something new and feel a bit of nostalgia at the same time.