Jasmin Kapsal’s Reviews > Primitive War > Status Update

I can’t believe Nikita is dead! I’m fuming, I really liked him. Borodin sucks, I really hope the Trex family kill him but I have a feeling he’s going to escape. I don’t understand why it took this much for Sergei to realise how corrupt things were when Nikita and Aleksandr had been telling him the whole time.

I’m really glad Ryan revealed himself but the reactions of his squad mates were a bit harsh lol

I feel like Miller didn’t have to die to be honest. He could’ve thrown the grenades at the oil barrels and ran off. I guess I do understand why he wanted to die though

Sergei is such an asshole. I really hope that Nikita kills him or that he dies from the Quetzels. Moreover, why tf did Jericho not just shoot them both? It’s so stupid, he could’ve easily won that exchange but just threw it away.

I like the developing relationship between Ryan and Andrei.

The relationship between Leon and Susan seems to be going well. They both seem to like each other as opposed to Lean lusting over her, so it’s quite sweet. I hope they end up leaving together.

Eli never fails to be infuriating, I just can’t really sympathise with him. Take away his alcoholism and he’s still very obnoxious and quite unlikeable.

I can’t believe Logan is dead, he was my favourite character. At least he saw Gerald at the end, it made death seem more peaceful for him. I’m so hyped that Kaprpsuchus is in this novel. I actually can’t believe it. They are never displayed in media but they’re so cool. Both the setting and animal descriptions never fail to paint an amazing image inside my head. I hope we see more of the Kapros

I can’t believe that Gerald has died. It was definitely an act of service for Logan to kill him. I really hope it doesn’t make his schizophrenia worse. Gerald’s death is really the only death I feel moved by, I can’t believe he’s gone. On the other hand, I’m so glad Tolosky died. I feel like Sergei will be a decent person, I don’t think he’s going to be into all this killing like he thinks he is.

I feel like Logan and Gerald share the deepest connection out of everyone in Vulture Squad and it’s sweet how they rely on each other. In terms of the dinosaurs, I think it’s cool that they’ve gone with Deinonychus and Stygimoloch. You don’t really see those dinosaurs mentioned in modern media so it’s nice they have some representation. Somewhat scientific representation at that.

It’s very interesting to me that the T.Rex has some plumage. I’ve read up on the fact that they might have had some feathers but the description from the book doesn’t match modern science. Still I’m very impressed that the dinosaurs are somewhat scientifically accurate. I think that’s really cool, especially since most dinosaur media depicts them as featherless. I’m enjoying this so far

I like the description of the settings but not the characters. They’re written quite shallowly, like how a child would think a soldier would be. On each team the people all quite similar just with slight difference which I get, as a team their core values are going to be quite similar, but it just reads poorly. The only character I really like is Aleksander, I feel like he’s the only one with depth

The world building is pretty good. I’m finding some of the characters insufferable though. I kinda just want to know more about the dinosaurs so it’s dragging a bit but i understand why.

I’m enjoying this book so far. I’m not usually interested in war literature but this sold me with the dinosaurs. I think the way the book is structured is pretty cool. Having the chapter name and number top left and small instead of bold and in the middle reads like a diary which is fitting with the war setting.