shaekin's review
2.0
Tarzan goes from anticipating everything, getting the jump on everyone unless completely surrounded, etc, to being fooled and taken over and over and over again. I quit halfway through and won't continue the series.
linda_w's review
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
skochara's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
fantasytravelerxv's review
3.0
The Beasts of Tarzan: The adventures of Lord Greystoke book three by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Spoilers. Tarzan and Jane is married and have a young baby Jack. Rokoff, the russian villain, is still intent on exacting revenge on Tarzan and along with his lieutenant Paulvitch abducts baby Jack and lures Tarzan onto a ship, the Kincaid. Jane who follows Tarzan also gets abducted before. Rokoff keep them seperated and abandons Tarzan on an uninhabited island. On this island Tarzan befriends a group of wild apes and Sheeta, a panther. When a group of black warriors attack them on this island, they kill all, except for their chief Mugambi, with whom they sail to the mainland following Rokoff's trail up through Africa, by interacting with various black tribes. Jane has since been able to escape Rokoff, with the help of the ships cook and what she had believed was her baby. But somehow this baby turns out to be another infant who dies in the jungle from fever. The cook gives his life to save Jane's and she still on the run, finally reaches the Kincaid again. There Tarzan finally reunites with Jane and Sheeta devours the villain Rokoff. Rokoff's lieutenant though blames Tarzan for his misfortunes and in a last attempt at villainy plots to blow up the Kincaid. The Kincaid sinks near jungle island, where they were headed to allow the beasts of Tarzan to return home. There they are marooned once again. On another part of the island though another group of villains has killed the crew of a ship, the Cowry and taken possession of her. They are intent on ridding themselves of their navigator and chances upon two of the crew from the Kincaid, intent on turning against Tarzan. They kidnap Jane and a black woman and set sail on the Cowry. But the stillness of the Atlantic has stalled their escape and so Tarzan wreaks revenge on them all. Together he and Jane returns to England, where baby Jack has been returned. Paulvitch had switched baby Jack with the help of a woman who had found a substitute for baby Jack, in order to ransom Tarzan's son back to the house of Greystoke without Rokoff's knowledge.
I mostly did not enjoy this book. It was repetitive and most unrealistic of all. The first thing that really bothered me was that Tarzan at first was not immediately wracked with fear and anger for his young child, who was to be delivered to a tribe of cannibals. Instead he at first takes his time to become more at home in the jungle again and then longs for companionship among a tribe of apes. I mean I know he's supposed to be the perfect example of protective manly man and so does not experience fear like normal people, but then where is the urgency to return to his wife and child and see them save. Also, I get the context in which the book was written, but the ignorance was getting to me. I mean what's with all the black cannibals. And I'm sorry as much as I love fantasy, the apes and panther rowing a boat was so absurd and dumb. The plot also dragged on too much for me. Maybe if I didn't read all three first books consecutively, I would have been swept up more by the adventurous spirit.
Spoilers. Tarzan and Jane is married and have a young baby Jack. Rokoff, the russian villain, is still intent on exacting revenge on Tarzan and along with his lieutenant Paulvitch abducts baby Jack and lures Tarzan onto a ship, the Kincaid. Jane who follows Tarzan also gets abducted before. Rokoff keep them seperated and abandons Tarzan on an uninhabited island. On this island Tarzan befriends a group of wild apes and Sheeta, a panther. When a group of black warriors attack them on this island, they kill all, except for their chief Mugambi, with whom they sail to the mainland following Rokoff's trail up through Africa, by interacting with various black tribes. Jane has since been able to escape Rokoff, with the help of the ships cook and what she had believed was her baby. But somehow this baby turns out to be another infant who dies in the jungle from fever. The cook gives his life to save Jane's and she still on the run, finally reaches the Kincaid again. There Tarzan finally reunites with Jane and Sheeta devours the villain Rokoff. Rokoff's lieutenant though blames Tarzan for his misfortunes and in a last attempt at villainy plots to blow up the Kincaid. The Kincaid sinks near jungle island, where they were headed to allow the beasts of Tarzan to return home. There they are marooned once again. On another part of the island though another group of villains has killed the crew of a ship, the Cowry and taken possession of her. They are intent on ridding themselves of their navigator and chances upon two of the crew from the Kincaid, intent on turning against Tarzan. They kidnap Jane and a black woman and set sail on the Cowry. But the stillness of the Atlantic has stalled their escape and so Tarzan wreaks revenge on them all. Together he and Jane returns to England, where baby Jack has been returned. Paulvitch had switched baby Jack with the help of a woman who had found a substitute for baby Jack, in order to ransom Tarzan's son back to the house of Greystoke without Rokoff's knowledge.
I mostly did not enjoy this book. It was repetitive and most unrealistic of all. The first thing that really bothered me was that Tarzan at first was not immediately wracked with fear and anger for his young child, who was to be delivered to a tribe of cannibals. Instead he at first takes his time to become more at home in the jungle again and then longs for companionship among a tribe of apes. I mean I know he's supposed to be the perfect example of protective manly man and so does not experience fear like normal people, but then where is the urgency to return to his wife and child and see them save. Also, I get the context in which the book was written, but the ignorance was getting to me. I mean what's with all the black cannibals. And I'm sorry as much as I love fantasy, the apes and panther rowing a boat was so absurd and dumb. The plot also dragged on too much for me. Maybe if I didn't read all three first books consecutively, I would have been swept up more by the adventurous spirit.
ingypingy2000's review
4.0
This book is thankfully much more like the first! A fun adventure story as always!
livesinthetub's review against another edition
3.0
books #12 of 2021: The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (pub. 1914) the story, characters, and action were somewhat less compelling than the first two books, which I realize is an extremely common curse in almost any series. still enjoyable, but not driving me on to the subsequent book the way the first two did. 3/5. and now for something completely different....
altruest's review
5.0
The third installment of my (most likely) month of Tarzan. I really liked this one, priimarily because it sees Jane Porter, once the archetypal love interest/damsel in distress, take the initiative and do some action-heroing (heroineing?) without her husband, Tarzan of the Apes. The first time she leveled a heavy rifle at some fool Russian's head I almost giggled with glee. The rest of the story is pretty standard Tarzan fare, the imagery of Tarzan's new gang sailing down the river is a fearsome and kind of humourous one. I did enjoy this, can't wait to see what happens next.
eeclayton's review against another edition
4.0
Update, 2020:
Now that I've read the first two books, this third installment makes way more sense, and I find it way more enjoyable too. Yes, you need a generous amount of suspension of disbelief, but it's good pulp fiction, very entertaining, and I loved that Jane appeared as a strong female character.
***
Review, 2015:
Szokták mondani, hogy vigyázni kell, mit kíván az ember lánya: hát én valami könnyedet akartam olvasni, amin nem kell sokat agyalni, és megkaptam. Ettől még szerethettem volna a könyvet, elvégre tele van akcióval, igazából egy fél oldalra sem ül le a történet, jelenthetett volna valódi kikapcsolódást. Csakhogy folyton kizökkentett a számtalan következetlenség, például, hogy Tarzan helyenként kilométerekről kiszagolja az ellenségét, máskor meg akkor sem veszi észre, ha centikre megközelíti, az állatcsapatot meg egyszerűen nem vettem be.
Szóval bármennyire is kellemes egy szinte meztelen, civilizálódott angol dzsungelfiának a kalandját követni, ez most nem tetszett.
Now that I've read the first two books, this third installment makes way more sense, and I find it way more enjoyable too. Yes, you need a generous amount of suspension of disbelief, but it's good pulp fiction, very entertaining, and I loved that Jane appeared as a strong female character.
***
Review, 2015:
Szokták mondani, hogy vigyázni kell, mit kíván az ember lánya: hát én valami könnyedet akartam olvasni, amin nem kell sokat agyalni, és megkaptam. Ettől még szerethettem volna a könyvet, elvégre tele van akcióval, igazából egy fél oldalra sem ül le a történet, jelenthetett volna valódi kikapcsolódást. Csakhogy folyton kizökkentett a számtalan következetlenség, például, hogy Tarzan helyenként kilométerekről kiszagolja az ellenségét, máskor meg akkor sem veszi észre, ha centikre megközelíti, az állatcsapatot meg egyszerűen nem vettem be.
Spoiler
Az egy dolog, hogy Tarzan a dzsungelben nőtt föl, és ezért könnyen eligazodik benne, de hogy megtanítja a majmokat evezni? A párduccal napok alatt elfogadtatja a majomhordát és vice versa? Ne már. Úgy általában véve minden olyan könnyen megoldódik. Felmerül a bonyodalom, de szerencsére mindig pont akad valami, ami megkönnyíti az elhárítást.Szóval bármennyire is kellemes egy szinte meztelen, civilizálódott angol dzsungelfiának a kalandját követni, ez most nem tetszett.