Reviews

The Land That Time Forgot annotated by Edgar Rice Burroughs

wrightsvz's review against another edition

5.0

Fantastic story. Great new world created by the author. While dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures are not that unique, the authors interesting take on the development of humans makes this a story like no other.

shelbycassie's review against another edition

5.0

I so enjoyed these books. Clever.

daisychick's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

kikisl's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.25

renatevanholst's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

lindseympeterson's review against another edition

3.0

This was alright, it didn't really hold my attention that well, but I think I'm a bit sick of this style. I just read The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne not too long ago, and I think this just reminded me of it too much. Shipwrecked in weird place, yadda yadda yadda. It was well written, though and you do like the characters, so give it a try if you're in the mood, but don't go out of your way to read it.

bambicat234's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

The protagonist feels like a self-insert and is extremely unlikeable, I do not like the main message of the novel. Racism and eugenics is strong in the messaging as well. I do like the concept and there are a few quotable lines. 

cmjustice's review against another edition

3.0

Typical over the top style, entertaining and dated

ljimenez89's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

kris_mccracken's review against another edition

1.0

The Land That Time Forgot is a pulpy sci-fi/ fantasy romp first published in serialised form in Blue Book Magazine in 1918. As such, I should not have been surprised by the primitive understanding of gender politics or the solitary female character's presentation as quite so feeble.

I was more taken aback by the presentation of the ‘Wobblies’ – the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) – as evil ne'er-do-wells hell-bent on the destruction of all that is good in the world. Now, one might expect such a thing from the vicious Hun (yes, the Germans are all bestial monsters too), but I’ve always liked the IWW. There’s no point in me exploring the implications of the thoughts of an American businessman on labour relations.

Ho-hum. Given the above, I found this a tedious and simplistic tale that pales in comparison to Jules Verne or H.G. Welles, and the thoughts of Edgar Rice Burroughs on primitive man and the upper and lesser races are best left unexplored. Suffice to say that I’ve not read so many mentions of “feeble-minded Negroid features” in a long time.

Perhaps the chap from the IWW was correct in trying to sabotage our hero all along?

Best avoided.

⭐ 1/2