Read this and Princess of Mars back to back. Both are awful in their own way but were Princess is boring, pointless and has a main character with no personality. Gulliver of Mars is interesting and exciting with a lead that at least has a pulse. Of course Gullivers main character trait is that he's a complete tool but at least thats something. Its amazing how angry and frustrated this book made me due to its flaws. There really seemed to be a decent story trying to get out but the author never seemed to go where i wanted him to, plus this really feels like a 1st draft, there are so many things mentioned which then make no sense later. The best character disappears without explanation halfway through and it features one of the worst Deus Ex Machina's i've ever seen and thats after a set of them which i forgave and put it down to luck or destiny.
Still despite ALL its flaws it at least provoked a reaction from me, even if that reaction was that i wanted to track down the author and make him rewrite it properly this time. ( )

No rating, as I won't be finishing the book. I made it to about the 20% mark.

I just wasn't enjoying it, and it was actually a little boring. The English was too "upper crust" and out-of-date for me to read easily. I was checking the definitions of too many words (often not found in the Kindle dictionary).

URANIA COLLEZIONE NR. 154

A precursor of Burroughs' Mars novels. Quite entertaining in a Victorian sort of way. ( )

Had to stop reading this as it was annoying me. I know it was written in 1905 but really, mars inhabited by english speaking people! Also the writing was getting on my nerves! ( )