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Title: A Staggeringly Mediocre Book
Review: Judging by some of the reviews here, I may get lynched for this...Despite his longevity and universal appeal, Tarzan got off to a crachingly poor start. His story is interesting-I'll give Burroughs that much-but the writing is unimpressive. Burroughs was not first and foremost a writer, and perhaps he was uncomfortable with the attempt, but this book is verbose and quite honestly inept. It seems to me as if while Burroughs was clunkily setting down his prose, he would leaf through a thesaurus every time an idea was in the least bit sophisticated.Is Tarzan worth reading? Yes, as a sort of early compendium of the serial hero's requred traits, an insight into adventure and science fiction. You may get an insight into later works, like Star Wars and especially Indiana Jones. But don't expect to be captivated.
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