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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
This took me forever to read because I just nibbled at it occasionally on my phone app in waiting rooms, etc...
The John Carter books have been very fun reads so far. It's awesome reading sci-fi in such formal language. There is action on pretty much every page, and although it gets repetitive, I still found myself wanting to know what happened by the end of the book (cliffhangers! Ahhhhh!!!).
I'm sure I will at least finish book three.
I am also impressed by Edgar Rice Burroughs making a point of showing that men of all races and colors, green, white, black, and red, can all equally be jerkwads, or can work together peacefully. The women he writes are generally pretty self-sacrificing and noble, although they let the men do all the fighting. I still think the books hold up pretty well.
The John Carter books have been very fun reads so far. It's awesome reading sci-fi in such formal language. There is action on pretty much every page, and although it gets repetitive, I still found myself wanting to know what happened by the end of the book (cliffhangers! Ahhhhh!!!).
I'm sure I will at least finish book three.
I am also impressed by Edgar Rice Burroughs making a point of showing that men of all races and colors, green, white, black, and red, can all equally be jerkwads, or can work together peacefully. The women he writes are generally pretty self-sacrificing and noble, although they let the men do all the fighting. I still think the books hold up pretty well.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Takes a minute to get going, Burroughs loves a complete and detailed description of everything. Sometimes it’s just too much. But I will always love how much John Carter loves his wife, as he should.
The sequel to A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars again is presented as Edgar Rice Burroughs retelling the story of a relation of his. Again, this novel starts on Earth before moving to Mars proper and fleshing out the world first shown in the earlier book.
It is also, quite clearly, a product of it's time both in it's vision of Barsoom (or Mars), and in the culture of the various races upon (and underneath) the planet, and also ends - rather abruptly, I felt - in a cliffhanger of an ending.
It is also, quite clearly, a product of it's time both in it's vision of Barsoom (or Mars), and in the culture of the various races upon (and underneath) the planet, and also ends - rather abruptly, I felt - in a cliffhanger of an ending.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
There is a little language that is now considered highly deragatory, but meant something completely different and innocuous at the time.
The second in the John Carter of Mars series. See my review of [b:A PRINCESS OF MARS |10223822|A Princess of Mars (Original Version)|Edgar Rice Burroughs|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b6cc9BteL._SL75_.jpg|1129624].
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Amazingly good, just like the first book! I highly recommend this for anyone who likes pulpy adventure.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated