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A review by desiree_mcl
Tarzan of the Apes: A Library of America Special Publication by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4.0
4 stars.
I really enjoyed most of this book. The ending kind of ticked me off but at the same time I'm interested in reading more of this classic series.
While reading I got attached to these characters. Alice and John Clayton, Tarzan, the beloved Kala, and so many others.
It was cool seeing Tarzan come across the cabin and learn how to read and write English over the years. However it was kind of creepy that he left the skeletons of his parents and Kala's dead baby in the cabin with him. At the same time I understand that he had no concept of what to do with them anyway so what else was he supposed to do.
I seriously didn't like Jane's father, not because of how he treated her, which was fine, but because he kept saying 'Tut, tut.' It was driving me bonkers. There is one chapter where it's there maybe 20 times. Didn't count it but that's what it felt like.
Spoilers for the ending...
However I also don't believe the love story between Tarzan and Jane. Basically he saved her (and the party she's with) a couple times in the jungle. During one particular time she alone is saved and Tarzan feeds her fruits and she instantly think she's in love with him.
Hopefully I'll like more of their story in later books.
Overall I'm really happy I read this, it was a fun adventure story of survival and I look forward to revisiting this world again soon.
I really enjoyed most of this book. The ending kind of ticked me off but at the same time I'm interested in reading more of this classic series.
While reading I got attached to these characters. Alice and John Clayton, Tarzan, the beloved Kala, and so many others.
It was cool seeing Tarzan come across the cabin and learn how to read and write English over the years. However it was kind of creepy that he left the skeletons of his parents and Kala's dead baby in the cabin with him. At the same time I understand that he had no concept of what to do with them anyway so what else was he supposed to do.
I seriously didn't like Jane's father, not because of how he treated her, which was fine, but because he kept saying 'Tut, tut.' It was driving me bonkers. There is one chapter where it's there maybe 20 times. Didn't count it but that's what it felt like.
Spoilers for the ending...
Spoiler
I liked Jane alright, she wasn't amazing but she was a decent character. But I'm after finishing the book I'm annoyed at Jane. Cecil Clayton asks her to marry him, now that she's free from marriage to Canler, free because Tarzan made that possible, and she says she'll marry Cecil. And this is after she's told Tarzan that she loves him and has thought it many times.However I also don't believe the love story between Tarzan and Jane. Basically he saved her (and the party she's with) a couple times in the jungle. During one particular time she alone is saved and Tarzan feeds her fruits and she instantly think she's in love with him.
Hopefully I'll like more of their story in later books.
Overall I'm really happy I read this, it was a fun adventure story of survival and I look forward to revisiting this world again soon.