Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling

210 pages • first pub 1902 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy short stories lighthearted medium-paced
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The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger...

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Community Reviews

3.84
based on 3,158 reviews

Moods

lighthearted: 87%

funny: 69%

adventurous: 39%

relaxing: 24%

reflective: 8%

inspiring: 5%

hopeful: 4%

mysterious: 4%

emotional: 2%

informative: 2%

challenging: 1%

Pace

50% of readers chose fast
36% of readers chose medium
12% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

37% of readers chose Plot
27% of readers chose A mix
17% of readers chose Character
17% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

26% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
38% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

52% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
13% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
13% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

41% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
19% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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