Review: A Compelling Adventure in True Character Development
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
I wasn't able to put this book down because the story, the character development, the imagery, and everything else is just so wonderful!Edgar Rice Burroughs puts every other author I know to shame for his skill at developing characters and human nature while describing absolutely new and unknown worlds in so much detail that the mind is able to envision absolutely everything with perfect clarity. It is absolutely amazing.This is the first book of a seven book series; however the second book, "Pellucidar" finishes the story of the two main characters, David and Perry, as they discover and adventure into the world inside our earth.I write this review after having completed the second book of the series, and therefore I can tell you that it is absolutely wonderful. I highly recommend both of these books.After finishing the John Carter of Mars series I decided to read some more of Edgar Rice Burroughs, so I picked this one up. And I'm so glad that I did because, to be honest, this is far superior to the excellent John Carter series.The two main characters in this story, David and Perry, are real human beings with real strengths, weaknesses, fears, excitement, anger, everything. And that's what makes this story so absolutely marvelous. Believable characters in an unbelievable (but entirely envision-able thanks to ERB's genius) world. Brilliant!Highly recommended and impossible to put down.