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edwardscrowtown's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
3.5
rainz's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Racial slurs and Misogyny
liketheday's review against another edition
5.0
If you don't know Jeeves, he's the butler to a bit of a ditz called Bertie Wooster. Bertie thinks he's the brains of the operation, but it's always Jeeves who comes to the rescue when Bertie's plans go awry.
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professorfate's review against another edition
4.0
When I was in tenth grade, I had my best English teacher ever, Mrs. DelCampo. I was not partial to English class in high school because I did not like tearing novels apart looking for symbols that the teacher could see but nobody else could (probably because they weren’t there?). But in her class, I didn’t mind things as much. She seemed to take a shine to me (or maybe I’m finding a symbol in our relationship), and she recommended P.G. Wodehouse to me a few times. I never took her up on it—I think mainly because the fact that it was British scared me (what can I say?).
Then along came #1book140, a book club run through the auspices of Atlantic magazine, where every month you read a book and discuss it on Twitter. I had seen the hashtag many times in FridayReads (another group on Facebook and Twitter where every Friday you post what you are reading) and was curious, so I investigated. For December, the book was “Right Ho, Jeeves” by Wodehouse, so I elected to try it (the book and the club).
Bertram Wooster is a well-off English gentleman who thinks the world of himself and his intellectual abilities. Jeeves is his manservant who is quiet but is a lot smarter than his employer. In this book, Wooster hears from two friends whose relationships with women are falling apart, so Wooster decides he can and must fix things. Instead, he makes things hilariously worse.
The novel is decidedly British, and there are many terms that I found I had to look up because I was unfamiliar with them. Given that, however, I wish I had listened to Mrs. DelCampo back then and started these novels earlier. A quick analogy is that this book is like Jane Austen meets Monty Python—a sitting-room-type situation combined with madcap quirkiness.
A lot of fun and I will be reading more adventures of Jeeves and Wooster. Now to go put the first season of the BBC series on my Netflix list to see Hugh Laurie as Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves.
Then along came #1book140, a book club run through the auspices of Atlantic magazine, where every month you read a book and discuss it on Twitter. I had seen the hashtag many times in FridayReads (another group on Facebook and Twitter where every Friday you post what you are reading) and was curious, so I investigated. For December, the book was “Right Ho, Jeeves” by Wodehouse, so I elected to try it (the book and the club).
Bertram Wooster is a well-off English gentleman who thinks the world of himself and his intellectual abilities. Jeeves is his manservant who is quiet but is a lot smarter than his employer. In this book, Wooster hears from two friends whose relationships with women are falling apart, so Wooster decides he can and must fix things. Instead, he makes things hilariously worse.
The novel is decidedly British, and there are many terms that I found I had to look up because I was unfamiliar with them. Given that, however, I wish I had listened to Mrs. DelCampo back then and started these novels earlier. A quick analogy is that this book is like Jane Austen meets Monty Python—a sitting-room-type situation combined with madcap quirkiness.
A lot of fun and I will be reading more adventures of Jeeves and Wooster. Now to go put the first season of the BBC series on my Netflix list to see Hugh Laurie as Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves.
ridgewaygirl's review against another edition
4.0
Every so often it's very enjoyable to just lean back and let PG Wodehouse tell me another story about Bertie Wooster, gay boulevardier and carefree man-about-town, and his fish-eating manservant Jeeves. In Right Ho, Jeeves, Bertie must contend with a bossy aunt, a friend who can't quite summon up the courage to tell the girl he loves how he feels and a manservant who disapproves of his new, natty jacket. Wodehouse tells essentially the same story in each of his Wooster and Jeeves books and that is a part of the charm, along with some of the funniest dialogue ever written and main character with a gift for creating outrageous messes, while remaining utterly ignorant of his effect on others. Right Ho, Jeeves was, like every other book in the series, an absolute delight.
bupdaddy's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty entertaining stuff. A lot of modern comic writing, with the disarming awareness of narrator and actively anti-literary voice (Douglas Adams, Dave Barry) owe a ton to Wodehouse.
Mark Nelson's reading is just fine, too. A very enjoyable read.
Mark Nelson's reading is just fine, too. A very enjoyable read.
littletaiko's review against another edition
5.0
This may be the funniest Wodehouse book I've ever read. That is saying quite a bit as I generally love his books. This one was full of the usual romantic misunderstandings and scrapes but the duo of Wooster & Jeeves is just so good. Bertie was in fine form in this one.
aliced's review against another edition
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? Yes
2.5
ja3m3's review against another edition
3.0
This was a cute, fun, and very predictable read. It made me chuckle a few times.
fireth's review against another edition
3.0
This is December's pick for #1book140.
Finally a bride ^^
Took me more than a month to read this. A good start to the series!
Finally a bride ^^
Took me more than a month to read this. A good start to the series!