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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
Only the third Wodehouse book I've read in the last decade. That's a crime and it won't happen again.
I'm not sure anyone ever plotted better. Or was as consistently funny. Or named characters better.
Impromptu off-the-top-of-my-head character naming-author ranking:
1. Dickens
2. Wodehouse
3. Terry Pratchett
4. No one else I can think of that's anywhere close. Tolkien had some good ones. Lloyd Alexander.
Took a month off from Discworld audiobooks to listen to this, narrated by Jonathan Cecil. Top-tier narration.
I'm not sure anyone ever plotted better. Or was as consistently funny. Or named characters better.
Impromptu off-the-top-of-my-head character naming-author ranking:
1. Dickens
2. Wodehouse
3. Terry Pratchett
4. No one else I can think of that's anywhere close. Tolkien had some good ones. Lloyd Alexander.
Took a month off from Discworld audiobooks to listen to this, narrated by Jonathan Cecil. Top-tier narration.
Who knew a silver cow creamer could wreak such havoc?
An enjoyable romp.
An enjoyable romp.
Bertie Wooster is having a heck of a time, and not a good one at that. His life seems to be in disarray and seemingly everything that can go wrong will...especially when it involves the infamous cow creamer.
This book is a fun, quick read with almost no point whatsoever. It has a quaint charm and gives the reader a look into the life of this vast array of characters, and when I say characters I mean characters. The only one who appears to have any sort of sense is the butler Jeeves...and he can only counteract so much ridiculousness.
This book is a fun, quick read with almost no point whatsoever. It has a quaint charm and gives the reader a look into the life of this vast array of characters, and when I say characters I mean characters. The only one who appears to have any sort of sense is the butler Jeeves...and he can only counteract so much ridiculousness.
Every single sentence Wodehouse writes is perfectly put together to maximize the hilariousness of the situation. Which is somehow still hilarious, even more than seventy years later.
funny
lighthearted
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
This was the first P. G. Wodehouse I ever read. Rereading ten years later and it’s even better the second time around. Now that I’ve read more broadly from the Wodehouse library I fully appreciate how great this book is. It is so screwball and there is so much nonsense and Bertie is both above the fray and intimately connected to every part of it. Such fun.
You can see why this is one of the most recommended Jeeves and Wooster novels! All of the elements of the short-stories here, not so much well-worn, but shining, polished and proudly on display. The number of intersecting plot-lines just keeps on climbing and climbing and Bertie's attempts to resolve issues are not blatantly terrible, they just fall afoul of everyday occurrences (or perhaps not so everyday) that mean that Jeeves' assistance doesn't read like the adults taking over, it's an escalation to a higher power.
All of the characters are delightfully fun and Bertie's utter spinelessness (perhaps a talisman of the times) doesn't drag the story into utter disbelieving cowardice as some of the others tend to do.
Once again [a:Jonathan Cecil|356481|Jonathan Cecil|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s narration absolutely steals the show! I'm not sure I could stomach reading all of this series, at least not at the pace I'm currently consuming it (thanks dog-walking-obligations) but Cecil's characterisations absolutely engage and enhance what is, essentially, mostly basic slapstick into a thoroughly enjoyable audio-play!
All of the characters are delightfully fun and Bertie's utter spinelessness (perhaps a talisman of the times) doesn't drag the story into utter disbelieving cowardice as some of the others tend to do.
Once again [a:Jonathan Cecil|356481|Jonathan Cecil|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s narration absolutely steals the show! I'm not sure I could stomach reading all of this series, at least not at the pace I'm currently consuming it (thanks dog-walking-obligations) but Cecil's characterisations absolutely engage and enhance what is, essentially, mostly basic slapstick into a thoroughly enjoyable audio-play!