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A review by _ash0_
The Jungle Book by Peter Glassman, Rudyard Kipling
3.0
I had no idea that this was a short story collection. There are only 3 short stories on Mowgli and the rest of them are pretty boring stories. I did not like the writing too and found the dialogues pretty boring.
There are 7 short stories and 7 poems in this book.
1. Mowgli's brothers - probably the best short story in the book. You should read this book just for the sake of reading this story. This is the actual Mowgli story.
2. Kaa's hunting - this is the story where we get introduced to Kaa and it was pretty good too.
3. 'Tiger-Tiger'- the story where Mowgli encounters the tiger. This was probably the second best story in this book.
I gave the first three stories - 4/5 stars.
4. The white seal - this story is about a white seal who tries to find a new island for seals where humans are not there. It was mildly interesting and I gave it 3/5 stars.
5. 'Rikki-tikka-tavi' - this is a story about a mongoose and a family of cobras. It was pretty okay too and I gave it 3/5 stars.
6. Toomai of the elephants - this was a pretty long story and also boring with nothing much happening. It did give us a glimpse of India when it was under British rule so for that reason alone I gave it 2/5 stars.
7. Servants of the queen - probably the most boring story in this book and it was so boring that I just skimmed through and could not read it completely. Giving this story 1 star.
The poetry was okay but I am not a huge fan of poetry so did not enjoy reading them anyway.
Overall, I guess reading the first 3 stories in this book makes sense. Rest of them are dated and pretty silly for adults. Kids might enjoy all the stories.
There are 7 short stories and 7 poems in this book.
1. Mowgli's brothers - probably the best short story in the book. You should read this book just for the sake of reading this story. This is the actual Mowgli story.
2. Kaa's hunting - this is the story where we get introduced to Kaa and it was pretty good too.
3. 'Tiger-Tiger'- the story where Mowgli encounters the tiger. This was probably the second best story in this book.
I gave the first three stories - 4/5 stars.
4. The white seal - this story is about a white seal who tries to find a new island for seals where humans are not there. It was mildly interesting and I gave it 3/5 stars.
5. 'Rikki-tikka-tavi' - this is a story about a mongoose and a family of cobras. It was pretty okay too and I gave it 3/5 stars.
6. Toomai of the elephants - this was a pretty long story and also boring with nothing much happening. It did give us a glimpse of India when it was under British rule so for that reason alone I gave it 2/5 stars.
7. Servants of the queen - probably the most boring story in this book and it was so boring that I just skimmed through and could not read it completely. Giving this story 1 star.
The poetry was okay but I am not a huge fan of poetry so did not enjoy reading them anyway.
Overall, I guess reading the first 3 stories in this book makes sense. Rest of them are dated and pretty silly for adults. Kids might enjoy all the stories.