Book #1 - The Son of Tarzan

Off to a late start this year. I dunno, for some reason January just didn't really lend itself to much free time and reading. Can't imagine why. ;)

This is the fourth in the Tarzan series, and follows young (it never says, but I think he's like ten or eleven when the book starts) Jack Clayton, who is kidnapped by one of the Russian baddies from the last book, but ends up escaping into the jungle and following - kind of literally - in his father's footsteps. Never mind that he's spent his whole life up to now a pampered aristocrat in London, he's the son of friggin' TARZAN and that means he's automatically capable of everything his father is capable of. *eyeroll* Personally, I think Jack's more than a little silly in not returning home once he escaped, but then there'd be no story, right?

It's starting to feel repetitive and formulaic, but dammit I'm still addicted for some reason. This book at least is an improvement over the last in that it doesn't break its own stride by pulling away from Jack/Korak's story to try and concurrently tell what Tarzan and Jane - excuse me, Lord and Lady Greystoke - are doing in the wake of their son's disappearance. Though, as a parent, I was of course passionately curious about their reactions and to what lengths Tarzan the Great would go to get his son back, but that wasn't the focus of this story. I have to say that I don't like Lady Greystoke as much as I liked Jane Porter. Marriage and motherhood haven't done great things for her character. I hope the same fate doesn't befall Meriem after she marries Jack.

Title: The Son of Tarzan
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Pages: 315

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Book #1 - The Son of Tarzan

Off to a late start this year. I dunno, for some reason January just didn't really lend itself to much free time and reading. Can't imagine why. ;)

This is the fourth in the Tarzan series, and follows young (it never says, but I think he's like ten or eleven when the book starts) Jack Clayton, who is kidnapped by one of the Russian baddies from the last book, but ends up escaping into the jungle and following - kind of literally - in his father's footsteps. Never mind that he's spent his whole life up to now a pampered aristocrat in London, he's the son of friggin' TARZAN and that means he's automatically capable of everything his father is capable of. *eyeroll* Personally, I think Jack's more than a little silly in not returning home once he escaped, but then there'd be no story, right?

It's starting to feel repetitive and formulaic, but dammit I'm still addicted for some reason. This book at least is an improvement over the last in that it doesn't break its own stride by pulling away from Jack/Korak's story to try and concurrently tell what Tarzan and Jane - excuse me, Lord and Lady Greystoke - are doing in the wake of their son's disappearance. Though, as a parent, I was of course passionately curious about their reactions and to what lengths Tarzan the Great would go to get his son back, but that wasn't the focus of this story. I have to say that I don't like Lady Greystoke as much as I liked Jane Porter. Marriage and motherhood haven't done great things for her character. I hope the same fate doesn't befall Meriem after she marries Jack.

Title: The Son of Tarzan
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Pages: 315

1 / 24 (4.2%)