canustunbas

I had a bit of trouble focusing, especially at the beginning of the book because of the language style. It picked up around page 75 or so. The ending was a bit anticlimactic, but the book itself was fantastic and hilarious. I don't really understand how Kipling is portrayed today as an imperial jingoist - if anything, he has far more of a "people are people" approach than anyone I've read of his era and probably most contemporary writers. The gist of everything is that people are people and India is fantastically interesting and full of all sorts who get along, or not, but above all else have a lot to offer with myriad experiences so fascinating it would be a disrespectful disservice to try and simplify anything. I also liked the way he used language as part of the different identities, which is often overlooked as part of a way to make a book more "readable."

2023-03-05 11:08