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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Wodehouse is unrivalled.
Hilarity on every line.
The perfect image of the English aristocrat - awash in all their outrageous glory!
Hilarity on every line.
The perfect image of the English aristocrat - awash in all their outrageous glory!
Kind of an odd one bc it was all repeated plot points from other books but I loved it anyway.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Impossible to read without envisioning Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, who were perfectly cast in the roles of Jeeves and Wooster, respectively. PG Wodehouse's grasp of the English vocabularly is top-notch, as ever: his powers of description using only a few words are second to known and is equalled, in my opinion, only by Terry Pratchett.
Also known as 'How Right you are, Jeeves', this is a Jeeves book in which Jeeves himself is largely absent and is the 8th Jeeves novel.
The plot follows the usual romantic entanglements/misunderstandings of any other Jeeves and Wooster books, with Bertie Wooster visiting his 'good and deserving' Aunt Dahlia while Jeeves is on vacation, and being roped into various situations (mostly against his will) in order to help his friends. Of course, most of these go wrong, with Jeeves having to put things right at the climax of the novel.
Perhaps not the best of the Jeeves books I've read, I'd rate this somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars.
The plot follows the usual romantic entanglements/misunderstandings of any other Jeeves and Wooster books, with Bertie Wooster visiting his 'good and deserving' Aunt Dahlia while Jeeves is on vacation, and being roped into various situations (mostly against his will) in order to help his friends. Of course, most of these go wrong, with Jeeves having to put things right at the climax of the novel.
Perhaps not the best of the Jeeves books I've read, I'd rate this somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars.
I'll admit I wasn't too sure about this one when I saw that Jeeves would be absent for most of the book, but I shouldn't have been worried! Bertie and Dahlia together are always hilarious, and the two couples in the book are particularly endearing. Some of the plot points are familiar, particularly if you've read the short stories, but the new twist of Bertie dealing with them mostly alone is amusing. I would also recommend this one for anyone with a soft spot for dachshunds!
Jeeves almost does not appear at all in this book, except right at the end where his services turn out to be needed - so it's not really much of a Jeeves and Wooster book. An enjoyable book, but this should definitely not be the first book in this series you read.
I enjoyed it very much. The use of language is what delights in these books, and this one is no exception.