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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
A collection of poems and short stories that tell more about the Man-Cub Mowgli along with other stories and and characters of India.
This was a nice easy ready. The Mowgli stories were very cool and I also enjoyed the additional tales, but I found his writing style was a little tough to get stuck into. It was hard for me to focus even with the stories being so short.
This was a nice easy ready. The Mowgli stories were very cool and I also enjoyed the additional tales, but I found his writing style was a little tough to get stuck into. It was hard for me to focus even with the stories being so short.
slow-paced
Not as good as the first. Maybe because I was so much older when I read it.
This was just okay, The Jungle Book wasn't my favorite, and I had the same problems with the first book that I had with the second. This is a collection of short stories-most of which feature Mowgli, and most of which are set in India-but some are not, and I really didn't enjoy that minority of stories. Additionally, I'm not a huge fan of poetry (judge me as you see fit), and the constant injections of poetry in this book of prose was more frustrating than illuminating to me-it seemed to disrupt my flow with the book, so I never quite got into the zone reading it.
For the stories of Mowgli, I was absolutely transported-it's so well written, and the structure of the Jungle is so clear and evident in this collection. I truly forgot where I was as I read. Simply, there just wasn't enough of what I loved about this book.
I recommend this book to those interested based on the title, those who read and enjoyed the first book, and those looking for a quality English-language read. It's short but diverting, even if you don't love every bit about it!
For the stories of Mowgli, I was absolutely transported-it's so well written, and the structure of the Jungle is so clear and evident in this collection. I truly forgot where I was as I read. Simply, there just wasn't enough of what I loved about this book.
I recommend this book to those interested based on the title, those who read and enjoyed the first book, and those looking for a quality English-language read. It's short but diverting, even if you don't love every bit about it!
medium-paced
It's been a long time since I read The Jungle Book (the first one), and I'd forgotten a lot about the stories, so reading this felt a bit like a refresher course. The stories that centred on Mowgli & the characters of his jungle I found the most absorbing, but perhaps that's because they're characters I've been reading about since I was a child.
The world is sleeping on Mowgli.
We get countless retellings of Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Treasure Island, etc etc and yet I've never heard of anyone retelling or expanding on the Mowgli universe (please fucking correct me if I'm wrong!)
The Godling of the Jungle has endless story potential and I'm just sitting here bitter as hell that the rest of the world sleeps on this beautiful world.
Also, Bagheera is best boy.
We get countless retellings of Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Treasure Island, etc etc and yet I've never heard of anyone retelling or expanding on the Mowgli universe (please fucking correct me if I'm wrong!)
The Godling of the Jungle has endless story potential and I'm just sitting here bitter as hell that the rest of the world sleeps on this beautiful world.
Also, Bagheera is best boy.
Some of the stories were enjoyable, including "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" and "Letting in the Jungle." Some were very boring for me, like "The Undertakers." Most of the stories were okay, but nothing I would really recommend to a friend looking for something to read. Kipling is a talented storyteller, for sure, but a few of the stories just felt like characters doing a lot of talking but not much actually happening.
I did enjoy the fact that I already knew the Law for the Wolves before reading this. I used the first six stanzas in a story once and so could say the law loud and proud when it came up in this, the original telling of it.
I did enjoy the fact that I already knew the Law for the Wolves before reading this. I used the first six stanzas in a story once and so could say the law loud and proud when it came up in this, the original telling of it.