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Banjo and Swift review

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Some time ago, I purchased and got a new book, alongside another one. I don't need to tell you the title based off the book image above and the title of this blog post. Banjo and Swift follows the lives of the titular two male  Australovenators  of the same clutch as they struggle to survive in Mid-Cretaceous Australia, especially after they are forced to go their separate ways when Banjo takes the mate Swift wanted. Swift in particular is the main focus when he moves to the coast, and has to adapt to conditions the pursuit predator isn't used to. In many ways, the best comparison I have for the book is  Dinosaur Planet : both are fictional narratives that follow individual dinosaurs over a period of time. There are even two science chapters adding context to the story, much like Scott Sampson's talking heads in DP.  Another is Robert Bakker's  Raptor Red , also a prose narrative. The fact that I've never read it does not help though, so I won't compare it (but