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A review by smoore05
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.0
A little bit of a change up as this does not actually pertain to John Carter at all, but actually is a story of his son. Burroughs has a way of writing that really pats the main character on the back and almost makes him the luckiest and most skilled person on the planet. The villains do not stand a chance against the Carter's and should probably just stop trying by now. Even with the pompous characters and the over inflated egos, I still find myself reading these books in moments of lull. Maybe it is because they are all free from the online library sources, or maybe it is because I secretly like over inflated egos? Whatever it is, this is the fourth John Carter book I have read, but sadly this is my least favorite of them all.
Possibly because John Carter is missing throughout the book? But his son is pretty much the same person right? I think it was more so because it was the love story again, the falling in love of the young Carter and his Princess, we played that game in the first book.
I think too, that maybe, just maybe, the fact that people where now creating armies with their minds may have gotten me. It seemed to come from left field and just be a by the way this kind of thing can happen on Mars as well. Plus of course they have to be evil, all of them have to be mindlessly estranged.
Plus I realize this is from early 1900's and that makes it understandable how it came to be, but it still is appalling to think, that just as far back as a hundred years ago slaves were still thought of as a viable subject and women were not equal even in the slightest. Here in Burroughs book we have Thuvia thinking clearly many times that she belongs to a man and must submit to him fully. Also, that she must shy into the man's protection from everything. It seems as if Mr. Young Carter will have himself another slave, just so happens this one is the woman he purportedly loves.
All in all, I read the book, I didn't throw it away in disgust or boredom, and that means it was decent enough. Nothing amazing, nothing worth reading twice, but I am sure I will someday read the fifth installment of this series, if nothing else because why not?
Possibly because John Carter is missing throughout the book? But his son is pretty much the same person right? I think it was more so because it was the love story again, the falling in love of the young Carter and his Princess, we played that game in the first book.
I think too, that maybe, just maybe, the fact that people where now creating armies with their minds may have gotten me. It seemed to come from left field and just be a by the way this kind of thing can happen on Mars as well. Plus of course they have to be evil, all of them have to be mindlessly estranged.
Plus I realize this is from early 1900's and that makes it understandable how it came to be, but it still is appalling to think, that just as far back as a hundred years ago slaves were still thought of as a viable subject and women were not equal even in the slightest. Here in Burroughs book we have Thuvia thinking clearly many times that she belongs to a man and must submit to him fully. Also, that she must shy into the man's protection from everything. It seems as if Mr. Young Carter will have himself another slave, just so happens this one is the woman he purportedly loves.
All in all, I read the book, I didn't throw it away in disgust or boredom, and that means it was decent enough. Nothing amazing, nothing worth reading twice, but I am sure I will someday read the fifth installment of this series, if nothing else because why not?