Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Steve - GoodreadsDisappointing after reading King Solomon's Mines. There are some good moments, but the pacing is terribly uneven. This really kept me from immersing myself in the story, and I found myself becoming ... Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Zephyrusvii - GoodreadsI've been in love with Haggard's adventure novels since I first picked up "King Solomon's Mines" years ago in grade school. I enjoy the characters (especially Umslopogaas and Quatermain himself) and ... Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Happy - GoodreadsAfter reading this, I suddenly lost interest in watching movies. Lol! Such great adventure for an old man! At times, I want to cry but most of the times...i would stop and ponder on H. Rider Haggard's ... Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Ivana - GoodreadsWell I have to say this one is better than "King Solomon's mines". I was excited to know more about the fascinating land of Zu-Vendis. It was described well, the idea is perfect, kinda reminded me of ... Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Rhonda - GoodreadsThis was fairly interesting, but my least favorite from this author so far. My favorite is The People of the Mist. Still it was fun to read a book about Africa since I will be in Zimbabwe and South Africa during the next few weeks. Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - GoodreadsI really liked the way this one started - an old-time (some might say has-been) adventurer going out for one last ultra-macho, classically 19th century English hurrah - then it turned into some bizarre fairy tale set in a fictional Utopia and utterly lost me.
Review: Allan Quartermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - bkwurm - GoodreadsTypical fare for adventure novels of the period. Brave white men encounter isolated tribe/people/nation, wows them utterly despite the cultural and other differences and somehow the most important ... Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Jon Chater - GoodreadsRecommended to me by my father as he had loved this book as a young lad. I had to agree. I even prefer it to King Solomon's mines. A great adventure story. Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Steve Castner - GoodreadsThese books are an absolute joy to read. My only gripe is how conveniently things work themselves out. Haggard does an amazing job setting things up and handles individual scenes well, but he gets a ... Read full review
Review: Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain #2)
User Review - Kenton Crowther - GoodreadsReading this as a schoolboy I skipped the chapter about the geography, history and economy of the kingdom of Zu-Vendis that the three English gentlemen (Quatermain, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John ... Read full review
