Thank you publisher for letting me read this awesome book! Not in a long time have I enjoyed a story like this so much. Super exciting with people you fall in love with. You can't stop reading it, or even wait to turn the page. i especially enjoyed the suspense of different animals and which would eat you or ignore you. This author rocks and can't wait to read another of his books.

I have tried and failed to get into this book. I made it around 15% before i found myself experiencing Deja vu and feel like I’ve read books exactly like this in a REAL WAY.

This book was very well done. Definitely inspired by <i>Land of the Lost</i> and similar shows, but there's a consistent story that holds together for the whole novel. Some cool action scenes, several viewpoint characters (from different eras) and the 'drawer' itself is a mysterious setting that we eventually find out the truth behind.

While rafting, Billy, Beau and their father suddenly fall into another world of dinosaurs, Neanderthals, robots and aliens. Somehow Billy makes it back to Earth, becomes a scientist and spends the next 20 years trying to get back to the strange world to rescue his sister Beau. When he does, he inadvertently takes along five grad students, and finds the valley has changed from the land he once knew. A novel Michael Crichton would have been proud to write, this non stop novel is a page turner with a clever plot, interesting characters, and complex but understandable scientific information. I was sorry to see it end, and although I have questions, they can wait.
The title however is horrible, and doesn’t fit this novel at all, even though a junk drawer analogy is briefly mentioned. There is nothing about God and religion thankfully in this book, and the title belittles the whole. It’s a turnoff to reading the book.

I don't usually reach for Science Fiction, but this sounded so unique I had to give it a try. I'm glad I did! The crazy setting, the plot twists, THE ENDING—this story is the epitome of a junk drawer, and it works!

This was such a wild and fantastic ride of a book! The twists and turns absolutely had me, because just when I thought I knew what was going on, I didn't. This book felt like something from my childhood that I couldn't quite put a finger on (Gen X here). It is sci-fi at its best and I loved that the characters are astronomers!

I enjoyed this a lot - a satisfying riff on and update of Land of the Lost (a Sid and Marty Krofft show from the early 1970s, much beloved by many Gen X folks). Full of cool concepts alongside gripping plot and action.

There is a lot going on in this book. Every time I thought I had figured out what was happening ...plot twist and everything changed. I wasn't a huge fan of Noah's character. I didnt like that he always thought he knew best even when he was proven wrong. I also wasn't a huge fan of the ending with everything being tied up with a happy bow.

I wanted to love this. The premise had me hooked: dinosaurs, androids, aliens, Neanderthals—all coexisting in some lost valley tucked outside time and space? Yes, please. I mean, who doesn’t want a brainy sci-fi mystery that kicks off with a rafting trip gone sideways?
But then... about a quarter of the way in, déjà vu hit hard. Like, hard. Suddenly, I wasn’t reading something fresh and mind-bending—I was watching Land of the Lost. Not metaphorically. Literally. This is Land of the Lost. Full stop.
Same basic setup, same mysterious valley, same “lost time pocket” populated by a random grab-bag of prehistoric and sci-fi leftovers. The characters are more fleshed out here, sure, and the writing has that Peter Clines blend of snappy dialogue and pulpy fun. But the whole time, I kept wondering: How is this not setting off every literary plagiarism alarm? At what point does “homage” become “ctrl+c and tweak a few lines”?

To be fair, Clines knows how to pace a story and keep the momentum rolling. The ensemble cast brings energy, and there are some genuinely clever twists in how the mystery of the Valley unfolds. If you’ve never seen Land of the Lost, you might not bat an eye. But for those of us who grew up on it (or, you know, didn’t block the movie version out of sheer trauma), the similarities are impossible to ignore.
In the end, God’s Junk Drawer is entertaining—no question. But it left me feeling like I’d taken a wild ride through someone else’s sandbox. Fun? Absolutely. Original? Not so much.

Absolutely loved this book. This is what I dreamed of when I was a kid! Or was afraid of it... or both.
I grew up reasding Jules Verne, watching every movie that was inspired by Journey to the Centre of the Earth, dreaming of time travel, and stargazing for the fast moving spots on the sky hoping they were starships. This book is all of it and something totally different.
I was enchanted for the first chapter and enjoyed every single moment (except the destiny of one of them I really liked). Emotional and imaginative SciFi adventure, full of twist and pop culture references!

I finished it couple of days ago and can't stop thinking of it. The end was epic! Can't wait to have my physical copy of the book.

God’s Junk Drawer is pure adventurous pulpy fun! The plot follows an astronomy professor and a few of his students as they end up trapped in a strange valley full of dinosaurs, Neanderthals, and androids.

The plot feels like a modern take on lost civilization stories from the Victorian era. Think Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Lost World. I love those kinds of stories so God’s Junk Drawer was right up my street. There are plenty of twists and turns and although the page count is fairly high, the pace moves along at a steady clip which made the story fly by. I also really enjoyed that the chapters jumped around from character to character to give everyone’s POV. The valley itself was the star of the show for me though and I really appreciated how much time was spent fleshing the environment out—it basically felt like its own character in the same way that a haunted house in a horror novel often does!

I can see some people finding the story a little bit silly, but I had a great time following along on the adventure.

Imagine Journey to the Center of the Earth flipped inside out, then mixed with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and you are only beginning to scratch the surface of Gods Junk Drawer. This book is a genre-defying, science-soaked adventure that throws dinosaurs, cave people, alien tech, and lost civilizations into one chaotic and fascinating world known as the Valley.

The story follows Noah Barnes, a man with a hidden past and a mission he cannot let go of. What starts as a grad school trip turns into a dangerous expedition into a place that should not exist. The Valley is full of impossibilities and the deeper they explore, the more questions there are about what is real and what this place actually is.

There are multiple points of view, including flashbacks to Noah’s first visit to the Valley, and the story blends strange science, fast pacing, and wild imagination. The scientific terms can get dense but they never overwhelm the momentum of the story.

I loved how unique this book was and how it constantly surprised me. My only complaint is that the ending felt a bit unclear, especially when it came to one of the central goals. I wish that part had been more concrete.

If you enjoy wild science fiction with high stakes, odd twists, and a setting unlike anything else, you should definitely give this one a read.