A review by sams84
Glacial Period by Nicolas de Crécy

2.0

I'm kind of torn by this book, on one hand the premise sounded great but it didn't really meet it and the language is a little funny/stilted/just doesn't feel right while on the other hand I did still find it interesting and the art work is amazing. There was also significant bits of this that didn't get explained including the pig dogs/dog pigs and the talking statues and other art in the museum (this confused me so much I read the book twice to try and find out what was going on!). I don't know if some of these things just got lost in translation or not but it was kind of off putting. There were also a few odd explanations for some of the pieces in the museum with the archaeologists stating somewhat illogical theories about the museum and its purpose and the state of the civilisations that created them. On a positive note though when one of the pig dogs does touch upon the more philosophical and moral questions it does get interesting and it does make you think a bit about where we as individuals and society are going. And the art work is incredible and so detailed it practically jumps off the page.