For the 21st century American reader, what is striking about Kim's tale is how little material benefits are considered valuable rather, it is the quality of one's work that is prized by the British and the Indians alike.
It is a "coming of age" yarn, with deep background on British ruled India, the relationships between various Indian cultures, and the ruling British. I also was more focused on plot than the descriptive sections.Forty years later I read it again and thought it was one of the best books I've read all year. I found it confusing and hard to understand: Kipling used dialect and a lot of Indian and British vocabulary. by ] I first read this book about 40 years ago in my teens. I must say that as a kid I enjoyed the adventure but now I enjoyed the details and having just read the Skull Mantra the difference in acceptance of Tibetan monks and the casual way in which the imperial system is accepted as being for the "betterment" of the "natives" is an interesting look into the past. His ability to be different people helps the situation immensely. But still this story of an Irish orphan being trained to do work for the powers that be as part of the Great Game played by people in order to manage the country. Yes it's a time when the British Raj were in charge in India and one of their major issues was the possible incursion of Russia or France (or Russia and France) from Afghanistan.
Re-reading as an adult, and with more knowledge of the world changes my view a bit, though a lot of the issues I had were more to do with the era of the book rather than the actual story itself.Yes there are very few female characters of note. This is a book I read many years ago and enjoyed, and I think being a teenager helped my enjoyment.
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