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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
This is set in the Jeeves universe (jeeverse?), but it not a Jeeves story. It is also not a collection of short stories, as the Jeeves books tend to be. Instead, it is a full novel told in the classic P.G. Wodehouse style; clever writing, complex social situations that get messier and messier and then get neatly resolved in the end, and much ado about how silly the English nobility can get. It definitely has many highly entertaining moments and clever wording, and Jonathan Cecil's character voices are excellent as always.
However, there is a racially insensitive segment that hasn't aged well, where a (white) character dressed up as a "Zulu warrior" for a costume party, complete with blackface, so keep that in mind. This is an unfortunate tarnish on what is otherwise an excellent work.
However, there is a racially insensitive segment that hasn't aged well, where a (white) character dressed up as a "Zulu warrior" for a costume party, complete with blackface, so keep that in mind. This is an unfortunate tarnish on what is otherwise an excellent work.
A PG Wodehouse is always a fun read but this was a bit weaker than ones I’ve read recently - more a series of encounters and conversations than actual plot, and slightly too many characters and situations. Also loses a point for blackface!
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
On the one hand, this is Wodehouse, it's at Blandings, and it has Uncle Fred/Lord Ickenham in it. So I love it, obviously. That said, it possibly had a few too many people in it, and possibly could have used a bit more scene setting- it was so frenetic that there wasn't much time to breathe and settle in. Still better than pretty much anyone else's best, obviously.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read half, listened to half of audiobook
Blundering gentlemen and outrageous circumstances make exceptionally good holiday reading
PG Wodehouse is always a fun time! There is a rather less than racially sensitive moment used as part of a larger gag, but otherwise this is a fun story, and a nice light read for that part of the summer where reading outside means risking the book spontaneously combusting.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
How silly can one story get? a lot actually and a lot tangled too.
The whole story is based on the concept of "lets see what happens later", a really good read though.
The characters pretty good and the premise cahnges so much over the couse of 20 chapters as there is no 1 end goal which it leads but mostly solving the mess created by actions recently done.
Although the book is on Uncle Fred , its the Uncle Alaric the star who's prejudiced views and absolute disregard of other is something everyone has known one such person atleast.
The whole story is based on the concept of "lets see what happens later", a really good read though.
The characters pretty good and the premise cahnges so much over the couse of 20 chapters as there is no 1 end goal which it leads but mostly solving the mess created by actions recently done.
Although the book is on Uncle Fred , its the Uncle Alaric the star who's prejudiced views and absolute disregard of other is something everyone has known one such person atleast.