My expectations of this book were low - I expected some pretty atrocious racism and sexism at the least.

These things were definitely not as bad as I had thought. The quotes that stood out to me were "Kim could lie like an Oriental", "...the opium that is meat, tobacco and medicine to the spent Asiatic" and some references to "civilised countries. The sexism too, wasn't too bad.

However, I thought the plot was a complete mess. Half the time I did not know what was going on, and the other half it made little sense. Then there were the sometimes laboured and sometimes nonesensical dialogues.

All in all, I didn't find anything to like about this book.