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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
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
Nobody can be as prolific as Wodehouse was without repeating themself, but one does feel there ought to be limits. Wodehouse is obviously alive to the fact that he's just rewriting Code of the Woosters, since he keeps nudging his readers in the ribs and pointing out how similar the set-up here is, but that didn't stop him from doing it. It's especially unfortunate that he's inviting the comparison, because Code of the Woosters is one of his best novels, and this isn't. The ending is especially flacid, with Jeeves's solution being totally unrelated to anything that came before it, and set up solely by a brief comment Aunt Dahlia makes early on. There are certainly moments where it sparkled, and it does finally resolve the long-running Gussie/Madeline story, but this feels tired and phoned in; perhaps this is inevitable nine books in, but I remember liking the tenth book more.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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:
Complicated
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
Bertie returns to Totleigh Towers wearing an alpine hat, and there is some ruckus with a vicar and a black amber statuette.
funny
lighthearted
medium-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
Strangely, this is my first Wodehouse, and I can see why they are great favourites. Bertie Wooster is foppishly ridiculous, everyone has wonderfully silly names, the scrapes they get into are predictably over the top and Jeeves sorts it all out. Such fun!
Solid Wodehouse. I think I need to lay off these for a while, though. This one, though no worse than any of the previous ones, felt a little tired to me. It took me much longer to read it than others. It's classic Jeeves & Wooster, though. Maybe if the next one diverts from the Toleigh Towers scene it might be better received. Too many stories with the same characters makes these books a little stale.