Reviews for The Son of Tarzan

The average rating for The Son of Tarzan based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-18 00:00:00 Mark Locaparra Opening scene: A small boat is floating leisurely on a stream in West Africa the crew of the vessel ...but first the name of the waterway, the Ugambi River , ( sorry friends not spelled right in book) to continue are understandably tired, after struggling hard going up, the long journey seemed perpetual. They can relax, coming down and letting the current take them to their ship. The Marjorie W anchored on the nearby coast of the Atlantic Ocean.They were seeking valuable products in the area you can imagine how startled the seamen are seeing a white man, emerging from the jungle, more skeleton than flesh and blood. Alexis Paulvitch is, after ten tortuous years lost . Still that's not the name he gives to the amazed sailors, of course , being an evil man both in the past, and the coming future too; a leopard cannot change his stripes as the saying goes.The criminal, has to give an alias.. .Taken to London, along with a big ape Ajax, real name Akut (a friend of Tarzan) who strangely takes a liking to Paulvitch, I mean Michael Sabrov. Revenge he seeks against Tarzan the respectable English Lord Greystoke , John Clayton. Everyone has different names, in this book.The Russian hates Tarzan for preventing him and his friend Rokoff from succeeding in their wicked plans.Paulvitch puts Ajax in a show and customers flock to view the intelligent ape do his tricks. So does Tarzan's curious son John,"Jack". Sneaking out, without his parent's permission, they wanted to keep the subteenager away from jungle things! Yet blood is blood and the smell of adventure lures the naive boy.The happy simian recognizes Jack, during the performance, however the suspicious Russian learns the identity of the kid , then an idea developes in the sick mind of Paulvitch, kill the son of Tarzan. Luckily Jack is saved by Ajax/Akut, the boy has to flee to distant Africa (Junior can't explain the mess). Eventually entering the rain forest when his money is lost (stolen) and a crook tries to harm him. The big ape prevented it, again and accompanies Jack, as a loyal and great friend. An 800 pound gorilla ...Nice...Trying to stay alive and get back to England but how , thinks the kid.Trouble follows the boy wherever he arrives (like flies to manure).It will not be any different in the interior of the continent. Quickly learning to swing from a tree and other uncivilized but necessary skills, Jack (Korak,his African handle) becomes an uncouth savage , kill or be killed the law of the jungle. Cruel villains, dangerous apes, hungry lions and even hungrier cannibals, crocodiles and elephants constantly threatening baboons. Not to mention your ordinary kidnappers, the land has it all... maybe even a girl (for Korak ?) , too much in fact for comfort. If you want adventure in the safety of your home this is for you, no heavy messages, just relax and read The Son of Tarzan imitate his famous father I did...and enjoyed very much...

Review # 2 was written on 2015-04-06 00:00:00 Jenna Yancich 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.