| Title | : | The Jungle Books |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0451529758 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780451529756 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1895 |
The Jungle Books Reviews
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I've reread this book so many times. It was, for most of my adolescent life, the ultimate masterpiece by an English author.
I'm always puzzled by the fact that movie adaptations diverge from the books. So they know better than Kipling, don't they?
My favorite story is Red Dog. What a great, grandiose stage set for Mowgli and Kaa, and of course, for the wolf pack.
Quiquern was a lesson about storytelling rather than a good story on its own merit. Very atmospheric.
This is such a rich heritage and one of the best short stories collections in public domain, and yes, I'm keeping Anton Chekhov in the equation. -
My new favourite.
Incredible. 10/10
Timeless.
So much thought and imagination.
Animal lover forever.
Everything made sense, the laws of the jungle.
Can't rememeber the last time i read something so amazing and unique.
I dont cry reading books but this nearly got me at the end. -
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Once again, I'm struck by the savagery that resonates throughout Kipling's writing. It would be so easy to think of The Jungle Book in a more Disney-fied light: talking animals, singing, the rhythmic cadences of a fairy tale or lullaby. But overarching all that is the ever-present reminder that the world of the jungle is a world of nature, red in tooth and claw. Mowgli is raised by wolves and instructed by Baloo for the explicit purpose of survival in a harsh world that actively seeks his death. Kotick is born and raised amidst bloodshed from two distinct sources: other seals and man. "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" subverts the traditional story of a pet protecting his master by making the masters little more than incidental characters; Rikki-Tikki wants to protect them, but his actions are driven by instinct rather than any familial bond with the humans. Even in the less-obviously blood-drenched stories, violence is a powerful force. Toomai's journey to witness the dance of the elephants puts him at great risk of death.
The story I found most interesting, however, was the one which closes the book, "Her Majesty's Servants." The characters of this particular story are the camp animals for an army, but paradoxically, these might be the most innocent characters in the whole book. All their conversation is about war and its methods, but without any real recognition of what it means. These animals have been tamed by man, stripped of their natural instincts, and so, with the exception of the elephant, they don't realize what war means, content merely to follow orders and limit their perspective to the specifics of their duties.
And maybe that's the true lesson of The Jungle Book. Yes, it's violent, endlessly circling and returning to the themes of death and danger, but in the world of the animals, death and danger exists because they are necessary parts of life. Animals must eat, so animals must hunt and kill. But for people, violence is stripped of that which makes it necessary. Wars don't happen for food and survival; they happen for sport and profit.
Or maybe I'm just a filthy hippie. -
This was a Jepheny/Mah Fah buddy read that we went into with great excitement and enthusiasm – “Can’t Wait!” “So looking forward to this!!” “I’ve had this on my shelves forever, let’s get started!!!” Woo Hoo!!!!!
Alas, it was on the disappointing side. The hope was to get the original take on these stories that Disney has whitewashed on a couple of occasions and to that point it does succeed. Sort of. Kipling presents the adventures of a feral jungle boy and his bloodthirsty pals as they brutally live by the law of the jungle. No singing. No dancing. No resulting cute plushy version of Shere Khan to wander around Disneyland only to get kicked in the faux tiger family jewels by a vengeful four year old, summarily filmed and get a gazillion hits on YouTube and every dude who watches gets to wince at the “thank God that wasn’t me” implications. Youch, shots to the groin just aren’t funny!
But I digress.
This volume is The Jungle Books – plural, not The Jungle Book – singular. My favorite Mah Fah buddy reader of all time and Thunder Buddy for Life, Stepheny, was lucky to pick up The Jungle Book (singular) whilst I got stuck reading The Jungle Books (Two. Count ‘em. Two!)(plural).
It’s also the smarty pants Penguin version, which includes a scholarly introduction by some elbow-patched, flannel jacketed, pipe smoking ass who gets to discourse with pseudo-intellectual insight what Kipling’s underlying message was for these stories. Plus, there are eight footnotes per page that direct you to the back of the book for even more “useless” background on this tome. The reader can repeatedly swing back and forth between text and appendix all the while humming “Bare Necessities” to him or herself.
Also, kids, caveat emptor. All the stories aren’t about Mowgli and his savage, vicious pals. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is the best of a wan bunch of animal-themed stories. Kipling even throws in a Seal and an Inuit story to keep the reader off balance and question the rather poor choice of titles.
Arctic -> Freeze-your-nuts-off cold
Jungle -> Sweat-your-nuts-off hot
Just sayin’.
The Mowgli stories are the best things here but they’re spread out through the two jungle books *waves to his favorite Mah Fah buddy reader Stepheny, who owes him big time*:
Baby Man Cub is rescued and raised by wolves. Man Cub gets befriended by big bear and panther (Bagheera, the best character, by far, in this book). Man Cub wreaks revenge on evil human village. Man Cub grows up to dominate and lead his jungle pals (he has stare-down contests with ‘em). Man Cub grows up, gets restless and clumsy (read: horny). Does he leave the jungle to boogie elsewhere? Maybe.
Snakes are Our Anthropomorphic Friends Department: As Stepheny and I will espouse with great conviction, snakes can be real pals (Hi Ermot!). So why does Kaa the Python get such a bum rap in the cartoon and “live action” remake? Sure he does his hypnotize thing but that’s only to eat some annoying, poo-flinging monkeys. He and Mowgli are good pals and he helps the Man Cub on a number of occasions. Man-eating pythons are man’s best friend. Yes?
If I haven’t mentioned it before, this isn’t a kid-friendly version of these stories. So if you plan to sit down with your young ‘un and read stories based on seeing the cartoon, just don’t. -
I haven't read The Jungle Books as a child. I was somewhat familiar with the story and characters through cartoons and movies based on it, but the book turned out to be quite different. I liked this one more than I expected.
- It's a collection of short stories that are loosely connected or not connected at all. [I expected it to be more like a novel with a single plot line]
- About half of the stories feature Mowgli, the others have nothing to do with him. [I expected it all to be about Mowgli]
- It was surprisingly gruesome at times. It featured hunting and skinning animals with more details than I expected. I get that it's the Jungle and all, but it's a children's book, too.
- Each story has a poem associated with it. I really enjoyed these!
- There were elements in the stories that were obviously meant to teach a lesson. I found these were done well and tastefully. It's easy to end up sounding like a lecturer, and Kipling avoided that.
- Colonialism is ever-present in Kipling's writing, but I saw it coming.
Overall, good. -
Whilst I think it is important to note and be aware of Rudyard Kipling’s acknowledged support for imperialism and colonialism when reading any of his works – these aren’t themes which I found to be particularly evident let alone prevalent throughout this book. Whilst we may find his politics distasteful at best and abhorrent at worst, I do think it is valid to judge a book (or any other work of art) outside of and standing alone from the artists political / moral beliefs – more specifically and perhaps only when those views do not (as in this case) overwhelm or define the art which is produced.
On to the book: Difficult at first when reading the first Mowgli stories for those of us who know and love the 1967 animated Disney version – not to picture the animated characters in the context of the original stories. However, it transpires that the original book / stories have little or nothing to do with the animated Disney film – other than character names and the (sporadic) jungle setting. Once I was able to transcend that brief initial barrier to the imagination, I was then able to immerse myself fully in these stories to their full extent.
As far as rating the book goes, this was challenging as the stories varied from anything between 2 and 5 stars – hence my eventual 4 star rating. To give some idea, I have listed the stories that I thought the most successful and enjoyed the most, as well as some that I found somewhat tedious and ultimately pointless.
Favourites (not in any order):
The White Seal
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Toomai of the Elephants The Miracle of Purun Bhagat
How Fear Came
The King's Ankus
Quiquern
The Spring Running
Kaa's Hunting Tiger! Tiger!
Most definitely bottom of the list:
Her Majesty's Servants
The Undertakers
(I didn’t enjoy much of the poetry in between all the stories – with the odd notable exception).
Overall and bearing in mind the number of great stories vs the number of ones that I think really should have been left out, this is a (generally) great collection of stories which creates a fantastic anthropomorphised world not just ‘of the jungle’ but of many other scenarios outside of/significantly remote from the jungle as well (which came as a surprise). This is written with such skill and creativity in some cases creating and resulting in some almost perfect short stories. -
Deşi Prima carte a junglei nu mă atinsese aproape deloc, părându-mi-se mai degrabă o încercare eşuată de a scrie o carte pentru copii (deoarece incoerenţa firului narativ, puzzle-ul epic, depăşeşte cu mult mintea unui inocent), A doua carte a junglei este o adevărată panoramă (nevinovată, e drept, dar tocmai caracterul acesta feciorelnic îi da toată supleţea). Mi-a plăcut mult partea în care s-au întrepătruns cele două zone climatice - povestioara de la Pol şi pădurile tropicale ale Indiei.
Cu toată mişcarea vertiginoasă ce caracterizează romanul, acesta ajunge, în fine, sub aura melancoliei, deoarece omul se întoarce tot la om. Iar asta ca o lege nescrisă a junglei.
Mi-a plăcut foarte mult, ba chiar am şi râs la o remarcă scoasă parcă din context a autorului, remarcă inserată în ultimul capitol: "Mowgli se simţi fericit că era atât de trist, dacă puteţi înţelege acest tip sucit de fericire." Nici Cioran nu ar fi spus-o mai bine. -
I LOVED this book. These stories helped me escape the pain when I was recovering from surgery; however, I am bothered by the imperialism that runs beneath these tales. Some of my favorite stories were the ones that didn’t have Mowgli. I really liked the white seal, the mongoose, and the dogs of the Inuits.
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2.5 Stars
I liked some stories more than others. The first few were my favorite and then I got bored. Half read, half listened to on audio b/c it seemed every time I picked it up, I fell asleep. -
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Ich kannte Das Dschungelbuch bisher nur von dem Disney Zeichentrickfilm und war daher ganz überrascht, dass es sich nicht um einen Roman, sondern um eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten handelt. Dabei sind nur knapp die Hälfte der Geschichten aus den beiden Bänden Mowgli-Geschichten. Die Disney-Verfilmung beschränkt sich jedoch auf die ersten drei Geschichten aus Band 1.
Die restlichen Erzählungen beschreiben zum Teil gleichermaßen die indische Tierwelt. Es gibt jedoch auch einige Geschichten aus Grönland über Robben und Inuit, die mir fast besser gefallen haben als die Dschungelgeschichten.
Die Kurzgeschichten sind besser zu lesen als ich es angesichts ihres Alters erwartet hatte (sie sind 1894 erstmals erschienen). Dennoch konnten sie bei mir nur mildes Interesse wecken.
Aus meiner Sicht 3 Sterne.
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So far, I only knew The Jungle Book from the Disney cartoon and was therefore very surprised that it was not a novel, but a collection of short stories. Less than half of the stories from the two volumes are Mowgli stories, though. However, the Disney film adaptation is limited to the first three stories from Volume 1.
The rest of the stories describe the Indian animal world. However, there are also some stories from Greenland about seals and Inuit that I almost liked better than the jungle stories.
The short stories are easier to read than I expected given their age (they were first published in 1894). Nevertheless, they could only arouse mild interest in me.
From my point of view 3 stars. -
2.5
Tiene un fuerte componente de nostalgia lo que es raro porque nunca leí este libro antes y de la película de Disney no recuerdo nada, así que solo se lo puedo atribuir al estilo de escritura del autor y ni a mis propios recuerdos.
Es por eso que no estoy segura si me gustó o no, por un lado odié la primera historia de manera casi instantánea y pensé en abandonar el libro en el primer capítulo pero me animé a leer la segunda y a pesar que no se diferencia en nada de la primera, esta si me gusto (más o menos). No sé este libro fue una rara experiencia. -
Probably the first books that I read in English. Can't wait for the upcoming movie.
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Yeah... No thanks. I'm going to stick with the Disney movie version
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Příběh "chlapce vychovaného vlky" mě v dětství fascinoval. Mauglí to jsem byl vlastně já... jenom jsem se nenarodil a nevyrůstal v džungli. Už od útlého dětsví jsem znal supraphonskou audionahrávku
Mauglí a sotva jsem dosáhl rozumné čtenářské zdatnosti a prošmejdil naši wall-to-wall/floor-to-ceiling knihovnu, ukořistil jsem i tuto knihu a odnesl si ji do svého (čtenářského) doupěte.
Příběhy o Mauglím jsou samozřejmě nejznámější a mají největší dramatický oblouk (a i proto se vydávají samostatně), ale jsou tam i jiné skvosty. Mojí nejoblíběnější ne-mauglíovskou povídkou a postavou byl Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, srdnatá
promyka mungo, bojující s dvojicí kober.
Zajímavé je, že mnoho aspektů Knih džunglí se dostalo do trampské a skautské mytologie. A tak i já, byť formálně pionýr, jsem chodil do oddílu, který vedli bývalí skauti - jmenovali jsme se Vlčata, měli jsme svého Akélu a čas od času jsem se scházeli na Poradní skále. I nějaký ten Rikki-Tikki se mezi trampy občas objevil. A všichni jsme se učili a ctili Zákon džungle. Já ho dnes předávám svým dětem.
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Recenze
Mauglí (audiobook) ★★★★★
Recenze
Knihy džunglí (novější vydání) ★★★★ -
استمتعت بقراءة هذه القصص الثلاثة الخيالية الجميلة ، فبفضلها استطعت التجول بين عالم الحيوانات ... حيث مازلت أرى أن بعض الحيوانات لديهم مشاعر رحيمة وصفات مميزة من عدل وولاء وشجاعة يفتقدها بعضاً من البشر ، رغم أننا يجب أن تتمثل بداخلنا أكثر منهم ، لكن لاننكر أنهم يذكروننا دائماً عندما نرى تصرفاتهم مع بعضهم البعض ومعنا بما نسيناه من إنسانيتنا ،
فهم أيضاً لهم قوانين لكل قبيلة يسيرون وفقاً لها ويحترمونها ، فالغابة ليست كما يعتقد اكثرنا أنها تخلو من النظام والقوانين.
_ أكثر قصة أحببتها هي قصة ( الفقمة البيضاء) "كوتيك" حيث بإصراره وعزيمته القوية وشجاعته استطاع بعد رحلاته الاستكشافية الطويلة والعقبات الصعبة التي واجهته، أن يجد مكاناً آمناً تستطيع قبيلته من الفقمات العيش فيه بسلام وآمان.
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3/5stars
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The Jungle Books: I should have realized when it states "Books" there are other tales other than just the Jungle Book. I guess I was just a little dense from reading the Little Golden Book version for so long to my Son and Grandsons. So once I got passed the point of 340 pages not dedicated strictly to Mowgli I began to read and enjoy the many tales enclosed.
Everyone (Im sure) knows the story of Mowgli and have seen the versions of films. It was the first film my Son saw as a toddler and the movie my Grandsons fell asleep to each and every night, they loved it that much.
This second book of Kiplings can be enjoyed by adults, the story has more depth than the version I have always read. There are also moral lessons of loyalty included with a little of man law justice. I think older readers will get much more out of these tales than younger readers that are used to the Disney version of Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the jungles of India. Once grown he has many guides who teach him the ways, these include his friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Kaa the python, as they face the jungle enemy Shere Khan the tiger.
The other tales? “The White Seal”, which is the story of a rare white furred northern seal looking for a new home where he will not be hunted by humans. “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”a stand-a-lone tale of a mongoose who defends a family living against a pair of cobras. “Toomai of the Elephants” is about boy of 10 that helps to take care of the elephants that are used to work and how someday they dance. And finally “Her Majesty’s Servants” about a camp full of men and their animals that talk amongst themselves about their work and being afraid.
It is not the simple tale I was imagining in the beginning, nevertheless Kipling is an incredible writer.
Kipling was the recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. -
Nos enseña como los animales viven siguiendo leyes y que son mejores que el humano.
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I read this to Nick because I read it myself as a first grader. (Yes, I was a precocious reader.) Since I haven't even glanced at it in the quarter century of intervening years, it was interesting to come back to it.
In some ways I was disappointed as an adult reader. The formal, quasi-Elizabethan language the animals use to talk to each other struck me as pretentious, which I don't believe was at all my original reaction. There was that almost total lack of female characters that is almost inevitable in books meant for boys, which ticks me off every time. Kipling's imperialism and unconscious racism were also sadly clear to me. By racism, I hasten to add, I do not mean hatred. I mean an unthinking assumption that white people, specifically the English, are inherently better than brown people, specifically Indians, in certain ways. (The imperialism clearly arises from the same source.) In fact I think Kipling loved India, including the people who lived there. He just thought they weren't quite his equal. These things bothered me, but at the same time I don't want to be too hard on him. The man was writing over a hundred years ago, after all. He was a product of his time, and really, I think his attitudes were better than most of his contemporaries.
In spite of all this, there were many things to admire about these stories. They are undeniably exciting, with a fully realized, exotic setting. Riki-Tiki-Tavi was just as good as I remembered it. The Mowgli stories were more melancholy and violent than I remembered, but that's not entirely a bad thing. It didn't bother Nick any, certainly, and it meant I enjoyed them more than I might have otherwise.
Nick's opinion may matter the most. And he loved it. Maybe not as much as Harry Potter, but he was totally into the book. The parts that bothered me didn't impinge on his mind at all. All he heard was a series of cool stories about tough little boys and brave, noble animals. -
Rudyard Kiplingin "Viidakkokirja" (Otava, 2009) saattaa suurimmalle osalle olla parhaiten tuttu Disneyn svengaavana animaatioleffana. Se ei ole ilmeisesti lajissaan lainkaan hassumpi, mutta kannattaa silti tutustua myös 1800-luvun loppupuolella ilmestyneeseen alkuperäisteokseen.
Kipling kuvaa Intian luontoa komeasti. Viidakko on myös täynnä vaaroja ja kuolemaa, joka saattaa koittaa niin punaisten villikoirien, myrkyllisten käärmeiden, tiikerin hampaiden tai tappavien mehiläisten muodossa. Ei siis ihan pienten lasten kamaa kuitenkaan!
Susien kasvattamasta Mowgli-pojasta kertovat tarinat ovat kertomuskokoelman parhaimmistoa, mutta nyt - kuten lapsenakin - suosikkini oli urhoollista mungoa kuvaava Rikki-tikki-tavi.
Kipling tekee myös pari loikkaa muille leveyasteille. "Kouko" kertoo inuiitin koettelemuksista hyisessä pohjolassa, kun taas "Valkoinen hylje" vie lukijansa Beringin merelle. Jälkimmäisessä on mukana myös kiva luonnonsuojelullinen teema.
Tarinat ovat aika iättömiä, vaikka "Kuningattaren palvelijat" sisältääkin Aasian tuolloisiin poliittisiin oloihin nojaavan huipennuksen. Kieli voi toki olla vähän kiemuraista nykylukijalle, mutta jännittävät viidakkoseikkailut tempaisevat kyllä mukaansa. -
Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you, Karen, for this.
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The more I think about this book (collection of stories, really), the more uncomfortable I am. It’s impossible for me to overlook the blatant misogyny and racism in Kipling’s writing, particularly when he anthropomorphises animals to this extent. The monkeys and snakes are inherently evil because Kipling has decided so; the animals exist within a hierarchal society with authoritarian principles reminiscent not of the wild jungle but of late-19th century Britain; the treatment of transgressions is done in an undeniably ‘human’ manner, despite being called ‘the law of the jungle.’ Yes, it’s a make-believe fantasy story about talking animals, but that doesn’t excuse the racism.
Kipling was British, although he spent some time in British-occupied India. This was at the heyday of Social Darwinism, the concept that misinterpreted Charles Darwin’s ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest by applying them to human societies. The idea was that humans had a natural hierarchy, that white men were at the top, and everyone else was somewhere down the ladder. This then bled into the belief that white men, specifically white European men, had a right—nay, a duty—to colonise and ‘civilise’ other races, cultures, countries, and so on. That was the ideology to which Kipling subscribed, and that which he had in mind when deciding the characters of these jungle animals.
Here is an example of Kipling’s racist and white supremacist beliefs—an excerpt from a poem he wrote, called ‘
The White Man’s Burden,’ in which he urged the United States to follow in Britain’s footsteps and conquer the Philippines:Take up the White Man’s burden—
This poem was written in the
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go send your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need
To wait in heavy harness
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
aftermath of the Berlin Conference which led to the ‘Scramble for Africa,’ which refers to the invasion, colonisation, and occupation of African states by different European powers. In this poem Kipling explicitly urges the United States to extend its colonialism and imperialism, following in the footsteps of Western Europe.
I only watched the Disney adaptation once, a very long time ago, so I can’t speak to its objective quality; however, any adaptation which departs even slightly from the legacy of racism, imperialism, and colonialism entrenched in these short stories is likely to be better than the original. The best adaptation is the 1967–1971 Soviet Союзмультфильм ‘
Маугли,’ for the record. -
Pues estoy gratamente sorprendida con este libro.
No me lo esperaba así para nada.
Normalmente no suelo conectar mucho con los libros de relatos, pero en este libro todos están relacionados con la selva y la mayoría conectados entre sí por la historia de Mougli, el niño lobo.
La historia de Mougli es fascinante, y a lo largo de unos cuantos relatos interrumpidos por otros independientes, conoceremos dónde nació, cómo llegó a la selva, quiénes fueron su manada, qué relación tuvo con los hombres y cuál fue su final.
Entre los relatos independientes hay uno en concreto que me ha alucinado, uno sobre un hombre santo de la India, un hombre importante que renunció a todo para irse a las montañas en busca de la paz del desapego.
En general me ha encantado, le he dado 4⭐️. He conectado muchísimo con el estilo narrativo del autor y la ambientación me ha cautivado. Ha sido como empaparme con la humedad de la selva y aprender a moverme por ella según su Ley.
Puntazo extra a las canciones que hay al final de cada relato. Todo genial. -
Kipling is a gifted short storyteller. It took me so long to get through this because I tend to have a lot of trouble getting through collections of short stories. I know, weird.
I liked Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the only about the elephant ballrooms best. I thought Kipling showed a great understanding of nature and India in his work.
While this may not have been my favorite type of story, and it took me a long time to get through it, I appreciated the journey. I felt that Kipling also did one of the best jobs I've seen at characterizing animals and giving them a culture and traits without making them human. They retained very much an animal personality. -
3,5/5*
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3,5 tähteä. Viihdyttävä kirja, tosin tietyt tarinoista heijastuvat 1800-1900-lukujen vaihteen asenteet ärsyttivät. Lisäksi Mowgli-tarinat eivät ole kronologisessa järjestyksessä, mikä tässä tapauksessa teki kokonaisuudesta sekavan. Yksittäin ajateltuna pidin kuitenkin useimmista tarinoista.
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Yet another classic where I'd only seen the Disney version and only just got around to reading the book. For me, it falls under the category of "Didn't hate it, but didn't love it." (And definitely find the movie more enjoyable.) Turns out there are more stories in The Jungle Book than just those about Mowgli. I actually remember reading Rikitikitavi in my literature book in Middle or High school but didn't comprehend at the time that it was part of The Jungle Book. The other stories were interesting too, though some held my attention far better than others. As for Mowgli's stories, I found it very interesting how different and yet similar it was to both Disney's animated movie and the more recent live action remake. It was especially interesting to me to notice where the remake got the inspiration for its changes, which, turns out, some of which were slightly more book accurate than the animated movie. Though I don't think either version of the movie drew inspiration from the final Mowgli story, I can now see how Andy Serkis's Jungle Book (which I haven't seen, but have heard about from people who have seen it) can get away with being really violent and gritty, because that story actually was a tad violent at the end.
Overall, I enjoyed the first half of this collection more than the second half. I did generally enjoy the whole thing enough to not completely skip anything, but unfortunately didn't love it as much as I was hoping to, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars. Other people will and have enjoyed it more than me, though, so if it looks good to you, I hope you'll give it a try. :)
Content advisory:
The main content concern is violence. Though not graphic, animals do fight and get hurt and sometimes die. The types of wounds dealt are often specified but not described in detail. Blood gets mentioned in passing somewhat frequently, though, especially in the final Mowgli story. Mention of animals being skinned as well, with a little detail given in a couple instances. I personally wouldn't recommend all of these stories to young children who are animal lovers and might be bothered by animals being hurt or killed.
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التقييم لنسخة عصير الكتب التي تم إصدارها هذا العام في معرض الكتاب
سؤالي لعصير الكتب ،لماذا تقوم دار نشر كبيرة مثل عصير الكتب بعدم ترجمة الكتاب كامل واقتطاع بعض القصص من النسخة الكاملة
لم اقراء القصة من قبل لكني شاهدت تقريبا كل الأعمال التلفزيونية والسينمائية الخاصة بالرواية وطبعا كان من الواضح أن الرواية غير كاملة ومختصرة بشكل كبير ومع البحث اكتشفت انة يوجد قصص كاملة غير موجودة في الكتاب
انا لست معترض علي مبدأ التبسيط والاختصار لكن وجب التنوية لأن هذا النوع من الروايات يناسب بعض الأشخاص او الفئات العمرية الصغيرة لكنة لا يناسبني وذكرتني الرواية بتجارب سيئة مع روايات مترجمة اخري اشتريتها في بداياتي من دور نشر تحت بير السلم وقررت من بعدها ان اشتري الروايات المترجمة من دور نشر معروفة
التقييم الطبيعي لهذا الكتاب هو ٥ نجوم لكني سأقيمة بثلاث مع الرأفة للسبب السابق وبسبب جهود المترجمة والغلاف -
Jungle Books… I was really iffy coming in whether I’d like this; never read Kipling before. At my favorite bookstore, I saw that they had one of the Reader’s Digest books that I love so much, but my dad said he had an old copy of this book, so I went ahead and went with the old copy (chiefly because it was free to me). Contrary to what I thought, it was more a collection of short stories than one contiguous tale, though Mowgli featured in several of them, and it chronically various episodes in his young life. But Sher Khan, his great antagonist, is really only in two of the stories, and is (spoiler warning) killed off pretty quickly in the book. I was kind of left wondering, “That’s it? That’s the end of Sher Khan?” It’d be like reading a Batman v. Joker novel, and Joker dies (permanently) in the second chapter. It’s kinda like… huh?
Anyway, the writing itself… I’m somewhat torn. It’s a lot like Phantom of the Opera to me. Much of it is kinda boring, don’t really like it too much, but there’s parts that I enjoyed. For the most part, I liked the book early on, the middle was pretty boring, and the end was so-so. If I was to rate each part, the first third, I’d give 4 stars, the middle third, two stars maybe, the third half, three stars. So I guess you can see where this is going. Three stars. Seems fair.
Of the non-Mowgli stories, the only one I liked was Rikki-Tikki-whatever (spelling), the story of a mongoose who does battle with a nest of snakes. He’s a hero! Haha, I liked that little ferret. Good to keep around the house if you have a snake problem. Anyway, yep, three stars overall for the book. I do kinda wanna see the new film. It was purely coincidental that I chose to read Jungle Book this month when the film was coming out; I didn’t know about the film.
