Israel Potter Book

This one was a mixed bag. All of the Tarzan books require some suspension of disbelief, but this one kept pushing it. I have a feeling if a child was really tossed into the jungle, they would more than likely die pretty quickly. In these books, they instead learn how to talk with all of the animals and move through the trees like a monkey and fight like the greatest warriors on Earth. I didn't have as much of a problem with it in the first book, but then to have a repeat of it kinda stretches things.

That being said, it's still a good jungle adventure. The title is spot on, because Tarzan himself only has a small supporting role and the majority of the book focuses on Korak, the son of Tarzan. He finds himself lost in the jungle for years (seems like everything takes years in these books too) but ends up being a King of the Jungle very much like his father. Even though he was raised in London for his early childhood. There's also a kidnapped female who Korak takes under his wing, and lo and behold, she ends up becoming almost like a female Tarzan. So when Grandpa always said kids were different back in his day, boy were they. Let's toss a few modern kids (or adults for that matter) out into the jungle with no iphones or wifi and see how they do. Well, maybe not.

Also, if there's one thing I've learned so far from the Tarzan series, if you are a refined gentleman in a love triangle with Tarzan or his son and a lovely lady, then you are going to die. Just seems to be the pattern to get rid of the pesky love triangles.

All the flaws aside, I do really enjoy the Tarzan books, and if you liked the others, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. If you think the whole idea of a human raised by apes is ridiculous, then skip this one because it doesn't exactly inject realism into the storyline.