The lost world

-Potential spoiler for those who haven't read?-

First I've had a chance to read this novel and I somehow have managed to avoid hearing about what this story is about. Part of me expected the dinosaurs to fill up the entire plot line after they reached the plateau, I didn't expect this to story to swerve into a telling of a battle of an indigenous people and anthropoid ape-men.

This story is definitely a product of its time, with instances of racism and sexism towards various characters. On a positive note, there's quite a bit of science related to botany and zoology that I ended up going to Wikipedia to read up on as I read this story.

Overall, this story reminds me of several others where the adventure is the main focus and not the action (though this is obviously present) and I can appreciate stories like that.