Reviews for The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories

The average rating for The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-16 00:00:00 Baudime Jam This is a book that I could recommend to just about anyone who has school aged children. There's no graphic violence. There's no real swearing. There's nothing that would offend the modern parent. If you have young kids, buy this book and put it into their hands. They'll thank you later.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-08 00:00:00 Paul Carris There was a Rudyard Kipling who spoke Hindi, studied the religions of India and admired the art. Unfortunately in this book we find the Kipling who caricatured the Indians and their various cultures in order to write frivolous tales of the supernatural for the Victorian mass market. One needs to love the genre far more than I do in order to enjoy this book. Although Kipling panders to rather vulgar tastes in "The Phantom Rickshaw", the collection is still worth reading. Notably, it contains "The Man Who Would be King" that John Huston made into a movie. My favorite tale is the tremendously macabre ""The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes." Although "The Phantom Rickshaw" is unquestionably entertaining, it still represents the worst of Kipling not his best.