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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Listened to on Audible.
Absolutely hilarious. I didn't like Ian Carmichael's interpretation of Bertie Wooster at first but as the book went on I actually fell in love with it. The way he portrays Bertie as a bumbling, stuttering buffoon is ingenious and his other voices were just as top notch. Such a pity he is no longer with us.
I'm off to buy the complete collection. Pip! Pip!
Absolutely hilarious. I didn't like Ian Carmichael's interpretation of Bertie Wooster at first but as the book went on I actually fell in love with it. The way he portrays Bertie as a bumbling, stuttering buffoon is ingenious and his other voices were just as top notch. Such a pity he is no longer with us.
I'm off to buy the complete collection. Pip! Pip!
Pure entertainment. Witty British humor. Some parts made me laugh out loud. What more needs to be said?
Pretty good. I haven't read Wodehouse for a while. Nice choice to start up again.
I'm sure I've read this before but it was possibly quite a long time ago (or I just forgot to add it to Goodreads.) I quite enjoyed the narrator, Frederick Davidson, for this one and hope to find another with him as Bertie.
Jeeves is on vacation and Bertie is in the weeds. He's going to his Aunt Dahlia's house so he has a way to eat. His aunt already has guests -- a girl Bertie asked to marry him (she, quite rightly, refused) and her stepfather, a former schoolmaster of Bertie's, Aubrey Upjohn.
Before he even gets there, Bertram is shocked to see an announcement of his engagement in the paper. Yet, he thought that he had been refused by her as well. Even more craziness ensues as more engagements are made and broken, the cow creamer has been stolen (maybe), and all while Jeeves isn't there to elicit a fix. What's a Wooster to do?
Jeeves is on vacation and Bertie is in the weeds. He's going to his Aunt Dahlia's house so he has a way to eat. His aunt already has guests -- a girl Bertie asked to marry him (she, quite rightly, refused) and her stepfather, a former schoolmaster of Bertie's, Aubrey Upjohn.
Before he even gets there, Bertram is shocked to see an announcement of his engagement in the paper. Yet, he thought that he had been refused by her as well. Even more craziness ensues as more engagements are made and broken, the cow creamer has been stolen (maybe), and all while Jeeves isn't there to elicit a fix. What's a Wooster to do?
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I gather from the other reviews that this is not one of the stronger books of the series, but with it having been my first I have to say that I was delighted. I can see how the sense of humor could seem rambling and pretentious to some (and doubtless in another setting I might have felt the same way) but as it was I found it hilarious, overall.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
A thoroughly fun comedy of errors where the "elite" of society need the assistance of an unflappable butler to untie the knots they tangle themselves in.
Jeeves books are always good. Always fun. Always entertaining. My high school English teacher was right! The characters, plot, and humor are consistently amusing. The clueless rich man-boy. The overbearing aunt. The trouble-making cousin. Women in love. Engagements broken. Hi-jinks, fashion faux-pas, and plenty of drinks. Love it.