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radwaashraf 's review for:
The Jungle Book (Illustrated with Interactive Elements)
by Rudyard Kipling
I'm so glad I waited this long to read this classic in this "Minalima" edition, because the illustration, art and production add another layer to the book.
The first few chapters are the main inspiration for the Disney movie with familiar characters like Mowgli and Balloo and Bagheera and the Wolf Pack and Shere Khan and others, with some big differences in characters portrayals and events, but the main gist is still there, then the following chapter deviate from these characters and tries to capture the lives of different animals, like elephants and seals and mongooses and snakes and others, mainly in India.
The speech was done in something similar to old English, but the stories felt as if Kipling was retelling it instead of just writing it. I liked it and though I was hesitant to read this since it's a classic, and not all of them age well, but I liked it. I still had some reservations when it came to animals treatment in the chapters that included humans, I hated the way and portrayal of elephants put to work, but I guess I could get over it.
The first few chapters are the main inspiration for the Disney movie with familiar characters like Mowgli and Balloo and Bagheera and the Wolf Pack and Shere Khan and others, with some big differences in characters portrayals and events, but the main gist is still there, then the following chapter deviate from these characters and tries to capture the lives of different animals, like elephants and seals and mongooses and snakes and others, mainly in India.
The speech was done in something similar to old English, but the stories felt as if Kipling was retelling it instead of just writing it. I liked it and though I was hesitant to read this since it's a classic, and not all of them age well, but I liked it. I still had some reservations when it came to animals treatment in the chapters that included humans, I hated the way and portrayal of elephants put to work, but I guess I could get over it.