The Gnome King reviewed Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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5 stars
I read this years and years ago as a lad and loved it, a real proper adventure story. Now after a re-read my opinion hasn't changed, it is still a bloody good read.
It seems to be one of those classics that doesn't get read as much as it deserves. Don't let the many movies and Disney cartoon put you off, the book is nothing like them. This is incredibly violent, Tarzan fights with lions, apes, gorillas and men, each of these fights are to the death, armed with only a knife and his killer instinct the battles are well written and very graphic.
I think this might even have one of the earliest forms of "will they, wont they", which these days gets used a lot! You get some comedy included to break up the darkness, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter and Samuel T. Philander play off each other well …
I read this years and years ago as a lad and loved it, a real proper adventure story. Now after a re-read my opinion hasn't changed, it is still a bloody good read.
It seems to be one of those classics that doesn't get read as much as it deserves. Don't let the many movies and Disney cartoon put you off, the book is nothing like them. This is incredibly violent, Tarzan fights with lions, apes, gorillas and men, each of these fights are to the death, armed with only a knife and his killer instinct the battles are well written and very graphic.
I think this might even have one of the earliest forms of "will they, wont they", which these days gets used a lot! You get some comedy included to break up the darkness, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter and Samuel T. Philander play off each other well and also have some great names. There isn't much you can say about Tarzan himself, everybody knows him, an all round handsome/strong/charming/intelligent/charismatic chap....a bit like me really but with less clothes.
Highly recommend this one.
