Interesting setting, but not convincing

The setting is very intriguing and interesting, but I found the story not very convincing and also not consistent. For instance the author described the dinosaurs as being creative and intelligent, traits that the ants lack. But actually I always had the feeling that the dinosaurs are very dull while the ants seemed to be intelligent and rational beings. Another inconsistency is the end, the dinosaurs have some technology which I won't spoiler here, and it seems that they have been developed the technology without the help of ants. At least the ants were not aware of this technology which is a serious inconsistency in the plot, since the book was all about how the ants are the fingers and hands of the dinosaurs and how they built all the technology for them. Maybe I am too critical, and the focus lies in the political allegory. But I didn't find the allegory to be very enlightening, so I wished the author would have pursued a different storyline in which a consistent world is created that is completely different to ours.

I liked the narrators style, but it was too slow for me. 1.35 times the normal speed was perfect for me.