| Title | : | Tamer: King of Dinosaurs 2 (Tamer: King of Dinosaurs, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 422 |
| Publication | : | Published December 27, 2017 |
Tame women.
Rule the world.
A month has passed since Victor Shelby was abducted by aliens and put on a savage dinosaur world. In that time, he has learned how to survive, tamed dinosaurs, and won the love of three beautiful alien women.
But when another dinosaur attack leaves them defenseless, Victor realizes that he’ll need to push his Tame ability to the limit and build not just a camp, but a fortress.
Or they will all die.
Tamer: King of Dinosaurs 2 (Tamer: King of Dinosaurs, #2) Reviews
-
I read the first Tamer book and did not care for it that much. Mostly I did not care for the LitRPG material within the story and perhaps I was a little too harsh in my review because of it. However, there was something in the writing of the first Tamer that I just did not care for. There was something missing that grabs me and pulls me into the story. In the beginning of the first Tamer I was hoping that Victor got bit by the damn snake so that something would happen other than him whining.
The author has a small but loyal and vocal following on Facebook. He is good at answering questions without getting defensive and knows how to agree to disagree without taking offense. When the author mentioned that the previous co-author of Tamer and he had decided to separate, I had hope for the second Tamer book being better than the first.
In the second Tamer book my faith in the author is justified. The second Tamer book jumps right into the action, with no whining Victor. I like the changes in the Victor character, and how he has manned up to the challenges he faces.
The first Tamer had too much LitRPG material breaking the flow of action. The LitRPG elements in the second Tamer are more subdued and short, easy to blast through without breaking the flow of the action. The first Tamer the LitRPG material broke the action, pulling the reader from the story. In the second Tamer, the LitRPG material is ingrained smoothly into the story feeling more natural rather than something forced. I still do not care for LitRPG, but the story is good enough even with it that I can ignore the LitRPG material and move on.
The second Tamer may not be to everyone’s taste especially if you are an ultra-feminist viewing the women in this book as subjugated slaves there only for Victor’s gratification at his whim. Many of those readers who so harshly criticize this book may be missing the point – this is escapist reading meant for lighthearted fun, not worldly conscious high-minded fine literature. Is Tamer realistic – hell no and it is not supposed to be. If the reader is looking for fine literature, go find an untranslated copy of War and Peace.
The sexual harem fantasy is just that, a fantasy. In the second Tamer Victor gets way more action than he did in the first story, and while that does not necessarily make the story better, at least Victor is not whining about his blue balls all the time. The end of the second Tamer makes you wonder just how large will Victor make his harem.
Even though Victor is only in his early 20s men that young still have a sexual prowess limit. Three women to keep satisfied would strain most men not including all of the other factors of Victor’s life. Should all six women join Victor’s harem the poor man is going to be wrung dry and will get nothing done. Unless the women turn toward each other for gratification, something that is present in some of the author’s other writing, poor Victor is going to be one busy man.
After the first Tamer I was dubious that I would continue reading this story. Originally the only reason I purchased the second Tamer book was that the author solo wrote it. Should I have found the second Tamer as disagreeable as the first, I would not have read another Tamer novel. I now find myself eagerly awaiting the third Tamer novel so that I can learn what happens to Victor, his fort and the ladies of his harem. -
More of the same male wish fulfillment.
World: The world is fun, it's not super detailed and relies on a lot of pre-existing pop culture knowledge of dinosaurs. There is some detail in the construction of the groups fort and some interesting ideas behind the powers of the characters. RPG tropes a plenty as this is in reality not a Tarzan clone but rather a video game Tarzan clone.
Story: More of the same as the last book. More dinosaurs and danger, more Victor being brilliant and untouchable. More sex and female taming that I think now is the main point of this book. I'm not going to get into the ideas and the portrayal of women in this book cause this is a lost cause so I'm gonna accept it for what it is: lonely male nerd wish fulfillment. It's campy and somewhat entertaining but it is what it is.
Characters: Not a lot of depth here, basic archetypes from the Male who's awesome and women fawn over to different types of women to give variety to the male and the readers.
Fun, stupid, wish fulfillment.
Onward to the next book! -
TAMER: KING OF DINOSAURS 2 is pretty much more of the same and really could have been combined with the first book to form one larger volume. The story reflects another young woman joining the harem/community of our protagonist as she struggles with the transition from being a beautician to living in a dinosaur filled jungle.
We also have Victor winning over the married member of his party (the blonde who looks like Sheena of the Jungle on the cover). Which turns to be a surprisingly poignant tale despite the fact he's already involved with two women. This is a fun story even if it is a basic male fantasy epic and perhaps spends a little too much time talking about how Victor Shelby is building a fort in the jungle. Still, I look forward to the next volume as it's fun and entertaining throughout.
8/10 -
A harem novel that leans a bit more to the adult side than I'm used to that I enjoyed a great deal despite some awkward spots.
My favourite part of this series so far is how the author goes into great detail describing what they must do to survive and how they're going to go about doing so. Many other novels would try to glaze over parts by saying things like "they gathered enough food and water for 3 days" but this novel explains in detail each day's routine and the challenges they face.
Despite the harem tag, this novel is far more complex than I first pictured and only goes to show that you shouldn't judge a book by it's taglines. -
I enjoyed the first book, and since it went by so fast, I picked up the next one. It's really more of the same, but this time Victor does manage to have sex. Again, I feel that the overall story is engaging and entertaining. This book does seem to go a bit further than simple juvenile fantasy and edges more toward the exploitative. While I didn't feel that hampered my enjoyment of the reading experience, I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people who would find this scenario and depiction of women problematic. If you are sensitive to these kinds of topics then you might want to pass this up. Beyond that, it's a rollicking good dinosaur planet survival tale with a harem fantasy.
-
A great continuation
Once again, it was very reminiscent of the game ARK: Survival Evolved, only with a harem. There were basically no grammar or spelling mistakes which made me very happy. Some of the story was a tad predictable and I was slightly let down by one or two things (very focused on the single male leader surrounded by beautiful women).
It was a great story for what it was and I'd totally read the next in the series! -
Delightful
Book #2 certainly doesn’t disappoint! With the characters and world already defined, this story provides much more action than the previous book. More fights! More dinosaurs! More exploration! New baddies! Comedy! Drama! Arachno-erotica! Fencing (with trees, not foils)!
It’s not a long ride folks, but it’s a wild one! Well worth the admission! Enjoy!
Definitely recommended. -
Well, this series is just sucking me in. I accept it for what it is. Read the "preview" and it is not far off. One thing, however, is that Victor is taming the animals/dinos, not SO MUCH the women. Anyway, it too is a sort of survival series based in "Dinosaurland". Lol. And Victor is the "King". More lol's. I found it odd to consider that this guy is actually easily someone who could have been my son. The survival instincts are there as far as an untamed land. And of course I realized the age differences are easy to figure. Anyway, I'm starting to like him and the other characters. All unique. Well, for the most part anyway. I am well into book 3 already and see a 4th book listed on Goodreads (but NOT on Amazon... hmmm). These books are absolutely not literary masterpieces. I doubt the author ever intended them to be such. But they ARE entertaining. And quite often decently engrossing. The only thing which bothers me about this book (and the 3rd) is the length. I wish that MORE had been written in order to make it a more full-length novel in comparison to so many others and even the first of the series. Oh, well. Entertainment value is good. 5 stars.
-
Victor victorious!
Once again Victor has shown how important his tamer abilities are. He and the girls have to fight off a herd of raptors. These have managed to climb the wall of the fort. Then he sees smoke in the distance and worries that there may be other survivors who are hostile. He is determined to build a bigger fort.
Kacerie who arrived recently is proving to be a problem and he needs to find more parasaurs to tame in addition to having his eye on a triceratops.
The women brainstorm with him and they come up with a plan. But will it be enough and will they get it all ready in time?
This is definitely a Boy's Own type story but it's lots of fun.
A bit poor on the proofing but otherwise a good, quick read. -
Was recommended to give the second one a shot, but nope. There are a lot of explicit scenes in this one, the characters I didn't like before are still unlikable. There is even one point when Victor sees a beam come down near by, but instead of going to rescue the being suddenly dropped into a dangerous land, decides to go back and bang one of his girls instead. After that I lost all respect for him. This book even manages to make me dislike Sheela. She went from a stoic, reserved, and capable character to someone who just wants to be ordered around. :P If anything, this book is worse than the first one.
-
No Spoilers...
Love the attention to detail that Michael-Scott Earle continues to provide in this series. The world building is fantastic and as much fun as this is, he keeps it real with the issues that his characters come across and in the ways in which they’re overcome.
Fantastic story, dare I say rather novel at that.
Tamer 2 starts immediately where Tamer left off. Looking forward to reading T3. Yeah baby! -
so victor is now the man he has 3 beautiful lovers and he is geting stronger in his taming . now the new girl that he just saved is a reall bitch she complains . doesnt wont to do any of the work , and tries to suduice victor to make her life easyer. only problem is that victor sees through her but instead of leaving her alone he gives her one last shot. to get her act together or she take her chances out side the fort
-
Michael-Scott Earle does it again!
If you enjoyed the first one, this one is even better. Without the need for establishing the world, and it's principles, MSE is able to spend much more time on character development, action, and structure building. I can't wait to see where it goes from here. 10/10 -
Great Mix of Ingenuity and Action
Tamer was good, this is better as Victors powers grows as does the group. The action heats up as does the tension as they frantically try and race against each threat they come across. Fascinating use of early tech with a mix of woman and action scenes keeping the story fresh -
King of Dinos & King of the Jungle
Wow This is mostlikely one of the wildest fantasy novels i have ever read. If you want action adventure life or death struggle this is it. Man its like a modern Jurassic Park but way out there. Just totally Awesome. Can't wait for the next novel. I have no dought it will be just as a thriller as this one
