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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
It had been so long since I read this that it was almost like I hadn't read it before. The book is so much more intense than the animated movie, which is how I (like most kids) was first introduced to the story. The narrator for the audiobook I had was spot-on and made for a very immersive experience.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
My last August read was The Jungle Book (which I honestly bought for the cover NGL...but I actually ended up loving this book 🥰)
The beginning was definitely much more captivating for me as that is the story we are more familiar with. The author goes on with other side stories at the middle/end and I didn't enjoy those as much.
The relationship between Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera is honestly family goals 😠and I couldn't help but feeling an overwhelming sensation of cuteness and love when they interacted with each other!!
I give this four out of four red flowers 🔥
Lessons learned,
- A family self made can be just as important and supportive as a blood family, if not more!
- DO NOT get close to the monkeys!!!
- When in foreign land, always make sure you have permission from the natives to do anything. I like to extrapolate this to house visits and borrowing books as well 😂
notes
- I absolutely adore how random and organized the Law of the Jungle is omfg!
- I'm loving the introduction of these animals. Name first, species later and what they're known for immediately after 🤌
- Shere Khan, fuck you!
The beginning was definitely much more captivating for me as that is the story we are more familiar with. The author goes on with other side stories at the middle/end and I didn't enjoy those as much.
The relationship between Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera is honestly family goals 😠and I couldn't help but feeling an overwhelming sensation of cuteness and love when they interacted with each other!!
I give this four out of four red flowers 🔥
Lessons learned,
- A family self made can be just as important and supportive as a blood family, if not more!
- DO NOT get close to the monkeys!!!
- When in foreign land, always make sure you have permission from the natives to do anything. I like to extrapolate this to house visits and borrowing books as well 😂
notes
- I absolutely adore how random and organized the Law of the Jungle is omfg!
- I'm loving the introduction of these animals. Name first, species later and what they're known for immediately after 🤌
- Shere Khan, fuck you!
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read this with my 8-year-old as he started Cubs this year, and the structure of Cubs is based on the Jungle Book, with the leaders being named after the characters, so we decided to read it as part of his work on his Arts badge. It stands the test of time much better than I was expecting, though there are some stereotyped depictions of Indians in some of the stories. The language is also a little archaic; I would love to see someone update this to get rid of the "thees" and "thous" while still retaining most of the original language that isn't harder for young readers to grasp.
I really enjoyed listening to this book as an audio book and finally actually getting to understand why everybody loves it so much. I didn't really like the voice of the narrator that read the one that I was listening to, which I think was Alan Munroe. This book became more than what I thought it was going to be and I loved it, once I realised what was happening. With all the extra stories that were in there, which I had thought was going to be a book solely based around Mowgli, so it was a nice little surprise when I started hearing additional stories about the white seal and so on.
I really did enjoy and am so glad that I have finally read this book, even if I'm a little embarrassed that I went through my entire childhood without having read it.
I really did enjoy and am so glad that I have finally read this book, even if I'm a little embarrassed that I went through my entire childhood without having read it.
This review was originally published on NetGalley.
A great reading and a beautiful manga version to look at!
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories about Mowgli, the boy raised by animals in the Indian jungle and the stories of several animals in their own unique adventures.
I’ve read the original stories many years ago and it was refreshing to go through them again in such a light way. The drawings are magical and the original stories didn’t lose any of their charms or sense. Being a fan of the Disney version of the novel, I could almost hear the songs in my head as the respective characters came to play, such as Mowgli and the elephants.
On the contrary of the other manga classics published so far, this graphic novel can also be read to children. The language is easy to understand and the illustrations are very appealing and pleasant to look at.
A delight to read, this manga version is a treat!
A great reading and a beautiful manga version to look at!
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories about Mowgli, the boy raised by animals in the Indian jungle and the stories of several animals in their own unique adventures.
I’ve read the original stories many years ago and it was refreshing to go through them again in such a light way. The drawings are magical and the original stories didn’t lose any of their charms or sense. Being a fan of the Disney version of the novel, I could almost hear the songs in my head as the respective characters came to play, such as Mowgli and the elephants.
On the contrary of the other manga classics published so far, this graphic novel can also be read to children. The language is easy to understand and the illustrations are very appealing and pleasant to look at.
A delight to read, this manga version is a treat!
adventurous
medium-paced
It's difficult to rate a classic so many years on because everything has changed so much; attitudes, opinions and language itself. However, it can't be denied Kipling knows how to turn a phrase and his story telling is still effective even with the thy's, thee's and thou's.
I enjoyed reading The Jungle Book and was surprised to learn that only the first few chapters relate to the jungle book as we know it. Well over half the book has nothing to do with Mowgli and the jungle, instead taking us into animal based fables based around a white seal, a mongoose, elephants and war animals in India. There is dominance of the Indian background and the colonial slant is undeniable, as is the condescending attitude Kipling has almost unthinkingly towards the Indians themselves. It isn't racist in a cruel and deliberately offensive manner, but it is racist by assumptions insofar as it looks down on the natives.
That is an aspect of the time it was written in however, and Kipling was writing during Britains colonial era so this isn't overly surprising. Personally, I best enjoyed the stories with none or little of this condescension including the mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the camp animals of Her Majesty's Servants, however that may be modern sentiment speaking.
I did enjoy reading it however and found these fables that I had no idea existed very interesting indeed. I'm glad I started on classics again for the first time since my degree with Kipling.
I enjoyed reading The Jungle Book and was surprised to learn that only the first few chapters relate to the jungle book as we know it. Well over half the book has nothing to do with Mowgli and the jungle, instead taking us into animal based fables based around a white seal, a mongoose, elephants and war animals in India. There is dominance of the Indian background and the colonial slant is undeniable, as is the condescending attitude Kipling has almost unthinkingly towards the Indians themselves. It isn't racist in a cruel and deliberately offensive manner, but it is racist by assumptions insofar as it looks down on the natives.
That is an aspect of the time it was written in however, and Kipling was writing during Britains colonial era so this isn't overly surprising. Personally, I best enjoyed the stories with none or little of this condescension including the mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the camp animals of Her Majesty's Servants, however that may be modern sentiment speaking.
I did enjoy reading it however and found these fables that I had no idea existed very interesting indeed. I'm glad I started on classics again for the first time since my degree with Kipling.