You must hid all your science education in the closet before reading this one, most of the "prehistoric" details in this one were flat wrong even when this was written. In particular the idea of people hatching from eggs on one end of the island and then slowly migrating north as they "evolve" into higher forms of humanity is absurd. The adventure is classic Burroughs, a perfect hero, lots of he-man posturing and overcoming predators. The action is fun but cannot make up for so many obvious plot and setting holes.

re-read 10/256/2023 ( )

MUCH better than the first installment in the series. Tighter plot and more focus on the adventures, less on the explanations. I liked it. ( )

I was a bit disappointed with this sequel to The Land That Time Forgot. I was expecting it to follow the adventures of Bowen Tyler and Lys after they accept their fate as being finally stranded in Caspak beyond hope of rescue. Instead it follows the adventures of Tom Billings, the man who finds the message in a bottle that Tyler threw into the sea at the end of the previous novel. He and his companions attempt to land on Caspak and Tom adventures across the land accompanied by a woman he meets, Ajor. This novel relies less on action and more of how Tom discovers more about the complicated societies on the island, where individual members of tribes progress through levels from apelike creatures to increasingly higher forms of humanity. This makes the novel somewhat more intellectually interesting but less readable as an adventure story. ( )

3.5 stars
This was a fun adventure story, but unlike the first far less believable with how the people "evolve". ( )

Read as part of the trilogy https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1240044128 . ( )