Il libro è molto simile ai due precedenti,quindi se piace il primo piace anche il terzo. Devo puntualizzare che questo romanzo è forse il meno divertente tra i tre e in generale il meno ispirato della trilogia di John Carter,principalmente perchè iniziava inesorabilmente ad essere monotono. Burroughs stesso se ne era accorto probabilmente,accorciando il romanzo a 16 capitoli rispetto ai 28 del primo libro. Comunque sa divertire, ed è questo l'importante in un libro del genere. John è sfortunatamente da solo in questo caso, quantomeno per buonaparte del libro è costretto a vere e proprie odissee solo soletto, con al massimo il suo fedele "cane" o un altro compagno poco caratterizzato. Fortunatamente le descrizioni di Burroughs sono sempre vivide e e precise, rendendo l'ecosistema marziano credibile, o quantomeno trascinante. I cattivoni del romanzo non sono come Issus di "gods of mars" ma quantomeno sono più presenti e odiosi di quelli del primo romanzo,"princess of mars" che sono quasi del tutto assenti e poco interessanti. John è sempre arrogante e spavaldo, sempre razzista (anche se meno rispetto al primo romanzo, che di pregiudizi e commenti xenofobi era stracolmo) diventando non solo eroe, ma anche colonizzatore, nel senso più brutale del termine, a suon di spada. Non è un capolavoro ma mi a divertito, ecco perchè non mi sentivo di penalizzarlo.

Not his best work. Repetitive but entertaining.

Not as good as the first two, but still a good read

Great fun! All the books are fundamentally the same but each one has new twists of imagination and John Carter’s feats grow more ridiculous amazing every time. Silly they may be, but they keep me turning the pages and provide much chuckling along the way. Will I read the next one? Oh, yes, I really think I must…

My full, spoilerish review is over on my blog...

https://fictionfanblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/transwarp-tuesday-the-warlord-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/

Really just a regurgitation of the first book. Why are these novels classic again?

Maybe I'm crazy, or maybe I have questionable tastes in literature, but even with the antiquated language I really enjoyed this book. Ned's language is sometimes tedious but if you pay attention to the details he paints a vivid picture of the new regions of the world of Barsoom. The "just in the nick of time" action can seem predictable, but even though you know something will save JC and DJ, you never know what it will be. And now on to Thuvia's story!

Well, there's a lot of battles, but I guess I expected that from a book called "Warlord of Mars".
Kind of a bit over the top (but still fun), John Carter has quite an amazing stamina, especially for the rarefied Martian air. Fight after fight after fight, day after day, without stopping to eat and barely rest.

Well, lots of very obvious twists (maybe it was new at the time) and a lot of running down dark underground caves, tons of exposition (where he must explain new mechanics of Mars, known locally as Barsoom, only because the situation hasn't happened before in the story and thus he, John Carter, the protagonist, must introduce them to the audience) oh yes, and another secret race of Martians nobody happened to mention for 20 years, and always conveniently placed weapons.
Nobody locks up their armouries on Barsoom, and remember, they are all naked (except a harness with jewels and medals), except for some fur coats in the north.
Still trying to figure out where all the silk and fur is coming from; fur-bearing animals are rare on Barsoom and from the looks of this book, they definitely aren't hunting them for sustainability anymore.

Maybe next book will have some giant spiders that make all the silk or something.

Also the use of the subjunctive voice gets really tiring after a while, especially to introduce "twists".


Edit: Sources tell me, when he says "naked", he means "in a Victorian sense", which is nowhere nearly as interesting.