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Dylan F's Book Review


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You'd think going on a 2 year voyage into the reaches of space would screw up your clock, but thats the least of Ulysse Mereou's worries. Ulysse Mereou is the main character in the book "Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle. He and two other people ,Arthur Levian and Professor Antelle, Decide to go on a 2 year journey to the Betelgeuse system and come across a planet similar to earth. They decide to land and take a look around and see that the dominant species of the planet is not human kind but it is ruled by simians. "Planet of the Apes" is a great, gripping book that keeps you a the edge of your seat every time. And over all it was a great book.

Now if you hate monkeys, sifi, or anything related you will not like this book. But otherwise you will probably like it. But there are some things that i didn't like about the book. For example, in places it just dragged on and on. Suspense has limits and then to much suspense turns into boredom to the reader. Then the story picks back up and your all "FINALLY" but then it slows back down and then the boredom turns back into suspense and then something happens again. It gets kind of annoying.

But the book does have its share of good things. In some places the suspense is great. It doesn't drag on too long sometimes and usually pays off. But if it doesn't it usually pays off in later on. What i mean is that if it doesn't pay off now there will be something that pays off for it. When it is dragging on, it is a little boring but if you read it again there is stuff that you miss. For example i went back to the beggining and learned that the two people at the start were not really relavent to the plot until the very end. So technically there was suspense going on thru out the entire book you just don't notice it.

Another thing i really like about the book is the fact that there are so many big words. I'd say that I learned three or four new words reading that book. And some of those words you had to know in order to understand the plot. so this book drove me to learn more for the sake of finishing with full understanding.

One other reason i really liked "Planet of the Ape's" is because of the story. I mean its the story of 3 guys getting stuck on a planet where the Dominant species list flips. Monkeys rule and humans act like monkeys. What i find amazing is if this were to really happen they would probably be more advanced than us because they already have world peace. What's next for them to discover? Something we would not even learn about for like 6 years. I find that sad. Human kind, step it up a notch or you will be lapped by monkeys.

"Plant of the Ape's" is a great book that has a lot of suspense and great characters that you can relate to. And the story is also phenomenal. I can honestly say that this book delivers.