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inkfire's review against another edition
5.0
Read the second book for the first time, and loved it! I cried when the characters I love from the original aged and began to disappear. That was hard. Completely worth it, though.
millieyeoman's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
dignitash's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
thetashc's review against another edition
3.0
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.
kentexmom's review against another edition
3.0
We read this because we liked The Jungle Book. We got a little bored and bogged down in several of the stories and ended up just skipping through and reading only Mowgli's story. Having grown up watching Disney's Jungle Book, I was very interested in Mowgli's life story (or at least, the first 17 years) - 5 stars for those chapters, but 3 stars overall because we probably skipped half of the book.
kandicez's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as the first. Maybe because I was so much older when I read it.
zenithharpink's review against another edition
3.0
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!
rosekk's review against another edition
3.0
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.