Kim (Abridged) Audiobook

" I am reading this to my daughter. The descriptions of the people an places of India are beautiful. "

" I read this after completing Laurie R. King's "The Game," which is about Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell as they set out to free/find Kipling's Kim, when he is a grown man. "Kim" is considered a classic and the "original spy novel," and I can understand why now that I've read it. The book gives a view of life in India in the 1880's, probably for the English reading audience. The plot is good, and detailed, but the writing took effort and patience to get through to the end. "

" I really found this book fascinating because one can see how Kim in some ways juggles his roots. "

" audiobook. Reader sometimes made it unclear as to who was speaking a particular line. He had the accents down, tho. India itself is a major character in this: I could tell that Kipling was fascinated with it. "

" Yea, so I couldn't finish this. I read about half, but it was so very very boring. Life is too short. "

" To hell with the people who think we aren't supposed to like Kipling. "

" The first book I have ever given up on. "

" Adored. I loved the way it mocks people in that gentle way that one only mocks the things one truly loves. "

" I found this book hard work, the language took a while to get used to. At the half way mark I was pretty board so started to skim through until I got to three quarters of the way through but got to the stage last night where I just didn't care how it finished so gave up, which is not like me at all. "

" An interesting travel/adventure story with a thick mise-en-scene of India. Kept my attention but didn't blow me away. Another one of the Modern Library Association's "100 greatest English novels" that I wonder how it got there. "

" kipling is too deprived ! "

" Entertaining but I basically read it for school. "

" 19th c. view of a stunningly complex country. kipling takes you on a tour of India from the south to Tibet, with delightful descriptions, and a touching story that is simple without being simplistic. "

" Good story not at all what I was expecting! "

" Mostly childish claptrap, with some genuine delicacy mixed in. "

" Classic Kipling, with India and espionage. You ought to read it if only to understand what other spy story writers refer to as "The Great Game" but also because it's a ripping yarn. "

" First time read and I enjoyed it... I now must read The Game by Laurie King again. "

" The original spy novel. All others are based upon this. "

" It's a beautiful story combined with both action and a magical description of India, from it's landscapes, to the mixing of cultures and religions.Amazing book "

" Fantastic in the way of good stories that may stick with a person, in one way or another, for a very long time. "

" A great geography lesson and a fantastic story. "

" kipling is too deprived ! "

" Read it once a year. "

" What a wonderful story. Action in an exotic locale. Lots of things to think about. Most excellent for my first full Kindle read. "

" I never finished. It got too tedious. I feel guilty about this, but it was too heavy-going, and there are so many more books to read. "

" The description of the Grand Trunk Road is wonderful, just perfect! Otherwise too imperialistic. "

" It's a good book that reads like a late 19th century precursor to a spy novel. It gets a little bit slow at times as Kipling's descriptions sometime read more like inventories running pages long. "

" The first cross-over novel, way before Harry Potter's attempts. A joy! "