A review by markhodderauthor
The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs

1.0

All the usual ERB cautions apply: this is racist and sexist, character motivations are cartoon-level basic, and the plot, which takes the form of a prolonged chase, is plain silly. Normally, with this sort of thing, I’m able to consider it in its historical context and thus get past the dated content to enjoy the pulp action. However, with this one, the repeated threats of rape levelled at Jane by the Russian villain, Rokoff, are so deeply unpalatable that I found the whole novel overshadowed by them, and I was glad to finish it, having not much enjoyed it at all.