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The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

3 reviews

otterparty's review

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3.5

The most interesting part for me is the tension in the field of archaeology between "true" field work, unspoiled by press, and field work that courts press to try and save the ruins (and ostensibly make money by selling books to the public). This tension permeates the expedition itself as well as reactions to this book. It would be fascinating to dig deeper into the moral conundrums here: don't bring along writers and filmmakers to drum up awareness and enthusiasm, and risk losing the site to looters or deforestation? Or leave the writers/filmmakers/adventure seekers out and don't write the popular articles, preserving utmost archaeological integrity but risking the destruction of the site in the process?
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taylorlanxon's review

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4.25

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nquinlan's review against another edition

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2.0

Interesting subject matter, but at times I found myself wondering why certain content was in there. There were some tangents that didn’t seem to make a ton of sense, and the author engaged in a fair deal of score settling

For all the talk of the controversy of the expedition, “and reasonable points made,” the author didn’t seem to grok the points or at least react by changing their language. 

I preferred Chasing the Thrill as an author centric treasure hunt.
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