Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar - The Original Classic Edition

from andyray

Burroughs uses formulaeic plots too mujch for my comfort, but read anything he writes once in awhile and yoiiu will be glad you did. He uses an active voice and pinball machine-like twists and turns, and can paint characterization in a chiaroscuric manner such as the Belgian Werper in this book.

from Spyderman58

This one was a bit of a let down at the beginning. I had just read the Son of Tarzan and found it amazing. So this one seemed to struggle a bit at the beginning. By the last 1/3 of the book, I could not put it down. Another great read from ERB.

from nx74defiant

Tarzan is injured and loses his memory. Poor Jane is captured, escapes, captured, escapes over and over.

from gothamajp

You couldn't find a finer collection of Tarzan cliches than in this tale - it's got everything: lost cities dripping in treasure ruled by a beautiful priestess, gangs of marauding slave traders, duplicitous foreigners, an amnesiac Tarzan reverting to full on ape-man mode, Jane being a serial kidn...

from kslade

One of the better Tarzan novels with a lost civilization.