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kb_208's review against another edition
4.0
Another good addition to the mars series. This one was a little more drawn out that the previous book. It had a slightly different type of ending compared to the other books, so that was a nice edge, though you could easily see it coming from 1/4 way through. It doesn't live up to the first 3 in the series, but it's still a good one overall.
mxmlln's review against another edition
5.0
Another good book with an especially intriguing romance. I wonder if I am that dense?
redheadreading's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Heigh-oo! Classic vintage sci-fi adventure with some cool ideas and escapades, Tavia is fab (even if all of Hadron's interactions with her scream "man discovers women are people")
loki728's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
valhecka's review
4.0
The strongest of the Barsoom novels, I think. Hadron (who probably has no reason to know he shares a name with an elementary particle) is not the brightest crayon in the box, but he's a good narrator and the political/martial/scientific/arms-race stuff going on in this installment are more complex and realistic than usual. In a good way.
souljaleonn's review
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
jvan's review against another edition
3.0
This is a weird one. There's a whole torture focused spider city that shows up and gets forgotten and set aside. There's a right hand man who is left behind as a hostage and barely recalled at the end. There's a badass lady for the first time who is kind of mostly allowed to remain a badass lady for the length of the book, instead of only occasionally showing signs of badassery. There's really massive world changing science discoveries that exist only for the length of the book and then are kind of gone. It was very odd. I liked it, though.
michaeldrakich's review against another edition
4.0
More Mars Mayhem. A whole new cast of characters is introduced in this novel where, for once, the hero is neither an Earthling or related to John Carter.
Meet Tan Hadron a simple soldier with a distant amount of royalty in his blood. Not enough to gain prominence, but enough to allow him to enter the higher social circles.
His imagined love for a beautiful woman leads him on a world-wide chase when she is kidnapped. The usual fights, challenges, and new Martian inventions are introduced along with new friends and a slave girl of interest.
This is standard fare for a Barsoom novel and did not do much to advance the timeline on Mars. Also, there was one major sub-plot that was never answered before the end. You'll have to read it to figure out which one.
All in all, I considered this the weakest of the Barsoom novels and rate it 3.5 stars, but because Goodreads STILL only rates in round numbers, I'll give it a four.
Meet Tan Hadron a simple soldier with a distant amount of royalty in his blood. Not enough to gain prominence, but enough to allow him to enter the higher social circles.
His imagined love for a beautiful woman leads him on a world-wide chase when she is kidnapped. The usual fights, challenges, and new Martian inventions are introduced along with new friends and a slave girl of interest.
This is standard fare for a Barsoom novel and did not do much to advance the timeline on Mars. Also, there was one major sub-plot that was never answered before the end. You'll have to read it to figure out which one.
All in all, I considered this the weakest of the Barsoom novels and rate it 3.5 stars, but because Goodreads STILL only rates in round numbers, I'll give it a four.
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