Kipling's ability to capture the varied characters of the book is truly amazing. The Lama's statements, always profound. And Kim's transition from childhood to being a young man well portrayed. Including the slips back at times when he feared for the Lama's death. Cosham did an absolutely incredible job with the many voices, accents etc. Hard to believe it was just one narrator. When I listened to this back in 1999 I didn’t like it much. Then I liked it much more in 2012. Now I’m rating it a 5. Don’t know if it was my changing or just the different stages of life at the time of my reading which have altered my perspectives. I think I like where I’m at now.