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jay_kay_dee's review against another edition
2.0
More Barsoom, but no John Carter. Definitely not as good; although I do appreciate it being in third person.
jdvough's review against another edition
3.0
This volume of John Carter books was not as fun as the last one. For one there is very little of our hero, John Carter, as each of the two books focuses on one of his children. The formula is set by this time and in each, the protagonist gets in trouble, gets lost, finds themself trapped in a seemingly magic and inescapable city of all powerful inhabitants, then escapes. I don’t know if the writing was worse with these books or by the end of this volume (book five), I had just gotten bored with the idea. Fun, but maybe more so if not read all at once.
zephonsacriel's review against another edition
3.0
In Thuvia, Maid of Mars, John Carter's son Carthoris and the love of his life, Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth, take the center stage. After rejecting, Carthoris' offer of live, Thuvia is abducted by his enemies. Carthoris travels all overs Mars to find her and Thuvia herself holds her ground.
This was an alright addition to the Barsoom series. It's a fun little adventure that's a bit repetitive of John and Dejah Thoris' past journey, but Carthoris and Thuvia were fun characters. Nothing majorly exciting here, but it was fun. It was nice to see Thuvia have a little more mettle than Dejah.
Still a fun read.
This was an alright addition to the Barsoom series. It's a fun little adventure that's a bit repetitive of John and Dejah Thoris' past journey, but Carthoris and Thuvia were fun characters. Nothing majorly exciting here, but it was fun. It was nice to see Thuvia have a little more mettle than Dejah.
Still a fun read.
tanyabc's review against another edition
3.5
I stopped reading this series after the third book three years ago, as if I knew this one was gonna be some bullshit. In this novel, we pretty much do away with all the characters we know and love from the first three books and focus on John Carter's son Carthoris and his love Thuvia who we met briefly earlier in the series. I was re-reading my reviews of the first three books and at some point I commented that John Carter is the least interesting character in his own series. His son Carthoris is even less interesting. Reading this crystalized for me what I actually love about this series though and it's the male friendships.
I don't often read stories about straight men that frequently express their affection and loyalty to one another, where their survival is mostly dependent on their ability to form faithful friendships. It's fun. When multiple male characters are on the page, I get pumped because I know they're about to do amazing things. That being said, most of this book was a drag because Carthoris was a lone figure for the majority of it, sometimes accompanied by Thuvia, near the end accompanied by Kar Komak who made me laugh once with his too few lines.
Many complain about these books for always centering around a hero saving a damsel and that of course exists in this book, but given this was written in 1916 about a woman in an even more patriarchal society than the U.S. at that time, Thuvia is a progressive heroine. She could be put in a book today and wouldn't be entirely out of place. Thuvia murders two men who dare to touch her and she locks a third in a room with a man intent on killing him. She uses man's weapons to kill, a dagger. And a more feminine method in the form of a connection she's managed to form with wild animals. She is principled until the very end and only gives her principles up for love after her prospective partner proves he respects them. Thuvia is not to blame for the mediocrity of this book.
The fault of this book really lies in Burroughs not giving Carthoris a bigger supporting cast. The plot also includes a sort of commentary on religion that never really coalesced for me and seemed repetitive of previous novels.
I don't often read stories about straight men that frequently express their affection and loyalty to one another, where their survival is mostly dependent on their ability to form faithful friendships. It's fun. When multiple male characters are on the page, I get pumped because I know they're about to do amazing things. That being said, most of this book was a drag because Carthoris was a lone figure for the majority of it, sometimes accompanied by Thuvia, near the end accompanied by Kar Komak who made me laugh once with his too few lines.
Many complain about these books for always centering around a hero saving a damsel and that of course exists in this book, but given this was written in 1916 about a woman in an even more patriarchal society than the U.S. at that time, Thuvia is a progressive heroine. She could be put in a book today and wouldn't be entirely out of place. Thuvia murders two men who dare to touch her and she locks a third in a room with a man intent on killing him. She uses man's weapons to kill, a dagger. And a more feminine method in the form of a connection she's managed to form with wild animals. She is principled until the very end and only gives her principles up for love after her prospective partner proves he respects them. Thuvia is not to blame for the mediocrity of this book.
The fault of this book really lies in Burroughs not giving Carthoris a bigger supporting cast. The plot also includes a sort of commentary on religion that never really coalesced for me and seemed repetitive of previous novels.
scrooge3's review against another edition
3.0
Burroughs is starting to repeat himself, basically changing John Carter to his son Carthoris and Dejah Thoris to Thuvia of Ptarth. Nevertheless, this is still an action packed adventure worth a quick read while travelling or waiting for appointments.
pulpmonkey66's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to the Librivox recording of this book as read by Thomas Copeland. It was very well read.
This is a departure from the series as it focuses on not John Carter, but he and Dejah Thoris' son, Cathoris. At this point, I must point out that the fourth book in Tarzan is focused on Tarzan's son. Edgar Rice Burroughs is at times a bit formulaic. In the Pellucidar novels, he actually focuses on a different character in the third novel, brings in Tarzan in the fourth novel, and focuses on yet another character in the fifth novel.
About this book - Thuvia, introduced in The Gods of Mars, has returned home to her father, the ruler of another city in Barsoom. Cathoris is quite smitten with her as was alluded to in the previous novel, The Warlord of Mars, but has not stated his intentions quickly enough. She is to be wed to a prince from another city. A third prince of yet another city has intentions toward her and kidnaps her while making it look like Cathoris is responsible.
Cathoris rescues Thuvia, but the two arrive in a strange valley where yet another race of Barsoomians are found, the yellow men of Mars. This group has the ability to generate powerful illusions that can actually harm others who believe in them.
The book didn't excite me as much as the previous Barsoom books, but it had some really interesting and original ideas in it. Cathoris and Thuvia are both interesting characters and the plot was fairly involved, but not too surprising. Even a moderate offering of Edgar Rice Burroughs is not time wasted.
This is a departure from the series as it focuses on not John Carter, but he and Dejah Thoris' son, Cathoris. At this point, I must point out that the fourth book in Tarzan is focused on Tarzan's son. Edgar Rice Burroughs is at times a bit formulaic. In the Pellucidar novels, he actually focuses on a different character in the third novel, brings in Tarzan in the fourth novel, and focuses on yet another character in the fifth novel.
About this book - Thuvia, introduced in The Gods of Mars, has returned home to her father, the ruler of another city in Barsoom. Cathoris is quite smitten with her as was alluded to in the previous novel, The Warlord of Mars, but has not stated his intentions quickly enough. She is to be wed to a prince from another city. A third prince of yet another city has intentions toward her and kidnaps her while making it look like Cathoris is responsible.
Cathoris rescues Thuvia, but the two arrive in a strange valley where yet another race of Barsoomians are found, the yellow men of Mars. This group has the ability to generate powerful illusions that can actually harm others who believe in them.
The book didn't excite me as much as the previous Barsoom books, but it had some really interesting and original ideas in it. Cathoris and Thuvia are both interesting characters and the plot was fairly involved, but not too surprising. Even a moderate offering of Edgar Rice Burroughs is not time wasted.
slypig's review against another edition
3.0
By this point, the entire plot is typical of the John Carter formula and there's not much left in the way of surprises. Also, it's painfully obvious that consent is an alien concept on Mars. Still, this book is a fun read for what it is. I enjoyed it.
jashezilla's review against another edition
4.0
love that simps everywhere can have a role model in carthoris.