A review by ferrisscottr
The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
4.0
This book was written in 1918 and takes place during World War I.
We have a u-boat lost at sea that stumbles across an island that is secluded and untouched by mankind and all environmental and evolutionary changes that have taken place over the past millions of years so our heroes are stuck on an island with dinosaurs, saber tooth tigers, primitive man and all kinds of other monsters.
This was not the first time I've read this novel but I didn't remember how slow it was at the start. It took almost a third of the way into the book before they ever reach the island.
Good action. Good characters (although dated).
So how to rate the book?
Because of the dated aspect of the novel my enjoyment was a 3 star book
BUT
For historical relevance (I can't even begin to count the number of movies, comics and books that were spun off the ideas in this novel) this is a 5+ star book.
So I'll average it out to 4 stars.
Because of the historical significance of the book and the author I would recommend this to most everyone.
We have a u-boat lost at sea that stumbles across an island that is secluded and untouched by mankind and all environmental and evolutionary changes that have taken place over the past millions of years so our heroes are stuck on an island with dinosaurs, saber tooth tigers, primitive man and all kinds of other monsters.
This was not the first time I've read this novel but I didn't remember how slow it was at the start. It took almost a third of the way into the book before they ever reach the island.
Good action. Good characters (although dated).
So how to rate the book?
Because of the dated aspect of the novel my enjoyment was a 3 star book
BUT
For historical relevance (I can't even begin to count the number of movies, comics and books that were spun off the ideas in this novel) this is a 5+ star book.
So I'll average it out to 4 stars.
Because of the historical significance of the book and the author I would recommend this to most everyone.