Review: A Classic Tale of Adventure
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2013
I rate this one five stars.  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a master of his craft.  He builds his tale as the plot unfolds, and he maintains a steady and constant pace from start to finish.  Fans of H. Rider Haggard will recognize the Lost World premise from his novels such as King Solomon's Mines and She.  When Haggard wrote those tales, Africa was still a vast wilderness of unexplored lands, unnamed rivers, and unknown peoples.  Alas, when Doyle wrote The Lost World, the map of Africa was no longer covered by blank spaces, so, it is to the vast jungles of the Amazon basin that he takes us to find this Lost World.  Long familiar with his stories of Sherlock Holmes and the staid and reserved narratives of Dr. Watson, I was pleasantly surprised by Doyle's fluid and descriptive prose displayed in this bold tale of adventure delivered through the voice of a new narrator.  Indeed, I am left to wonder; what other surprising tales might we have had from his pen if he hadn't found such an admirable, and valuable, literary vehicle as his famous detective?You may think you know the story, but, I assure you, if you haven't read it, you don't know it.  I highly recommend this to anyone that loves a great tale of adventure.