A review by havendear
Tarzan of the Apes: A Tarzan Novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs

4.0

I really loved Tarzan of the Apes. It was such an enjoyable read from start to finish and I never grew bored or tired of it. I do have one major gripe with the book though and this is why I have lowered my rating to four stars when throughout the reading, my heart was set on five. Basically, the book starts in the first person from this unnamed narrator who just vanishes after the fifth paragraph so that the actual story of Tarzan can take place. Well, the book ends abruptly. I was really expecting the narrator to come back and give a proper conclusion of what happened to Tarzan at the end of the book but nope. There is no synopsis at the end and the narrator never comes back to explain anything. You just get this very abrupt ending that feels extremely lacking and quite disappointing.

I’ll definitely be reading this book many times in the future and perhaps one day I’ll cherish it enough to give it the five stars it probably deserves.