benderrodriguez 's review for:

Kim by Rudyard Kipling

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

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The language does not stand the test of time. Both because of the age of the book which can't be helped, but also because Kipling figured he'd make the upper classes sound as such by using olde English (thy, thou, hast) which was already well out of fashion in English. The book also sounded like a one long parable as well, which I don't think is a symptom of the time. Struggled to follow what was happening.