First Reactions.

Written May 13, 2011

Honestly my first reactions was that this book started off a bit boring. It starts off slow but the first chapter is vital in understanding the book. I started to get a little more intrigued as it started talking about the "Punjab" as I have been studying Sikhism in my religions class and the Punjab is the main region where Sikhs live.

I am one who likes hearing about peoples pasts and this is where you get to hear about Kim's parents, and his heritage. Kim's father was a soldier, a drunkard, and died when he was young. He never really knew his mother. He is orphaned. He is also Irish but "is burnt so black" that he blends right in. He may be Irish by blood but he blends in and lives like an Indian. Kim is poor, really poor.

He seems to be on a search for new parents, or new role models. In the first chapter he meets a Tebeten Lama in Punjab. He is intrigued by the Lamas clothing and can tell that the man is not from around there, so he calls him over to talk to him, and that is where his storyline really begins.

One thing that I have found a little bit confusing is the words they use like: Khitai, dewas, but-parasts, etc.

I plan on doing a post of all the words that I have now learned the meaning of next.

So far I like it, but, its definitely not one that I would choose to read in my free time.
It seems more to be targeted towards boys who are interested in the adventure and problem solving. We will see if my opinion on this changes as I read on.