plaidbrarian 's review for:

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

4.0

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The racial and gender politics involved in this book date it, of course, and occasionally made me wince, but it was a fantastic adventure yarn that I truly had a hard time putting down, and much different than I was expecting thanks to years of TV and movie adaptations that use the names and jungle setting but little else. Reading this, it's easy to see how Tarzan captured the imagination enough to keep him going in public consciousness for an entire century now. If you only know the monosyllabic dude in the loincloth from the movies, you really owe it to yourself to give Burroughs's original story a try (and beyond, seeing as this ends on a frustrating note that's driving me to the second book ASAP to see how it's resolved). Not enlightening by any means, but entertaining to be sure.