I must admit, I didn't actually make it to the end. The stories were good, the characters were good, but personally I just really struggle with Kipling's writing style. I'd read some of his short stories before and struggled, but thought that maybe this would be easier. The words went into my head but I just couldn't make any sense of them, and it was a real struggle to work out what was going on. I feel bad giving it a low rating because it is a good book, but I just wasn't enjoying it and it felt like a really laborious read.