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A review by jamesbullinger
The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
5.0
Tarzan 2, wherein we find Tarzan lolling around Paris drinking absinthe and smoking. Again, I was surprised at how not-heroic Tarzan was, *very minor spoiler alert* he assaults police men and cuckolds a count. That's right, he hooks up with a married woman, and it's not even Jane!
The first part of this book wasn't great. In Paris Tarzan was bored and so was I. But then, *another minor spoiler* he becomes a spy. Yep, a spy, and a pretty bad spy at that. But, spying gets him out of Paris, and gets the plot moving. However, the story doesn't really pick up until half way through, when Tarzan finds himself back in the jungle. That's also when Jane finally returns to the narrative, and her story is actually even more entertaining than that of Tarzan.
Overall, this story wasn't as great as the first, but it's needed to round out some relationships left rough from the first novel. And, like the first book, there was an event at the very end that literally made my jaw drop.
Would probably be a 3.5, 4 by itself, but because of the link to the first, 5 stars (the first is that good).
The first part of this book wasn't great. In Paris Tarzan was bored and so was I. But then, *another minor spoiler* he becomes a spy. Yep, a spy, and a pretty bad spy at that. But, spying gets him out of Paris, and gets the plot moving. However, the story doesn't really pick up until half way through, when Tarzan finds himself back in the jungle. That's also when Jane finally returns to the narrative, and her story is actually even more entertaining than that of Tarzan.
Overall, this story wasn't as great as the first, but it's needed to round out some relationships left rough from the first novel. And, like the first book, there was an event at the very end that literally made my jaw drop.
Would probably be a 3.5, 4 by itself, but because of the link to the first, 5 stars (the first is that good).