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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
Uncle Fred is barmy to the tonsils. Never trust him.
i do wish his nephew Pongo had fewer occasions to remark on his tendency to hug girls more than is required. And where Psmith looks on life as a game and doesn’t mind rewriting other people’s experiences to their face, Uncle Fred is *really* a danger to traffic and pedestrians. No wonder he’s not allowed at large. (But the ludicrously over-convoluted plot is all very tidily wrapped up at the end.)
i feel like i enjoyed Uncle Fred more the first time (aside from the handsiness). i think the incredulity of the first reading helps.
i do wish his nephew Pongo had fewer occasions to remark on his tendency to hug girls more than is required. And where Psmith looks on life as a game and doesn’t mind rewriting other people’s experiences to their face, Uncle Fred is *really* a danger to traffic and pedestrians. No wonder he’s not allowed at large. (But the ludicrously over-convoluted plot is all very tidily wrapped up at the end.)
i feel like i enjoyed Uncle Fred more the first time (aside from the handsiness). i think the incredulity of the first reading helps.
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One of P.G. Wodehouse's books featuring Blandings Castle and super funny with marvelous comedic passages, like when Uncle Fred impersonates the notable brain specialist Sir Roderick Glossop but ends up meeting the real Sir Roderick Glossop on the train en route to Blandings Castle. Great writing, like "When you reach my age you learn to avoid reunions. The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth. It blurred the picture I had formed of myself as a sprightly young fellow on the threshold of life." On marriage, "The only way of ensuring a happy married life is to get it throughly clear at the onset who is going to skipper the team. My own dear wife settled the point during the honeymoon, and ours has been an ideal union."
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Wodehouse had a way of putting things that made almost anything pretty hilarious, but I dunno. This one went a little way into slightly offensive territory.
Also, it was so chaotic, with so many imposters and madcap schemes and young couples in love and old doddering fools, I could not tell one of Britain's best from another. I always have that problem with old white men but this time even the oddball surnames and titles didn't help me keep them sorted out. I kept losing the thread and having to re-listen and finally I just shrugged and said "whatever" and listened on.
I'll continue with the series because I want to know what's in store next for the Empress of Blandings, my favorite character by far.
Also, it was so chaotic, with so many imposters and madcap schemes and young couples in love and old doddering fools, I could not tell one of Britain's best from another. I always have that problem with old white men but this time even the oddball surnames and titles didn't help me keep them sorted out. I kept losing the thread and having to re-listen and finally I just shrugged and said "whatever" and listened on.
I'll continue with the series because I want to know what's in store next for the Empress of Blandings, my favorite character by far.
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Imposters!!!!! Imposters everywhere!!! Blandings castle over the years has seen it's fair share, but never had they previously encountered Lord Ickhenam, known to relative and sundry cronies of the female persuasion as Uncle Fred.
Pongo Twistleton has my most sincere sympathy. Were I to have my own Uncle Fred, I've no doubt I would be in a home of some sort with a head full of prematurely gray hair.
This book is hilarious. As I've said before, Wodehouse is a genius of the first order. How he manages to keep track of all his intricately tangled characters, plots, and impersonations I don't know, but he does it like a master. Uncle Fred has become one of my favorite characters. He is what can only be described as fiendishly and devilishly intelligent. He always has a plan, a backup plan, and six or seven backups for the backup. And somehow everything always works out in the best interests of everyone he's decided to help.
The plot is pretty much standard Wodehouse. There are sundered hearts and misunderstandings galore. This being a Blandings novel, there are also issues with The Empress, Shropshire's leading pig. And yet, with all that, it never lags, it's never boring, and it will make you laugh out loud.
I consider Wodehouse to be essential reading, and I recommend him to absolutely everyone.
Pongo Twistleton has my most sincere sympathy. Were I to have my own Uncle Fred, I've no doubt I would be in a home of some sort with a head full of prematurely gray hair.
This book is hilarious. As I've said before, Wodehouse is a genius of the first order. How he manages to keep track of all his intricately tangled characters, plots, and impersonations I don't know, but he does it like a master. Uncle Fred has become one of my favorite characters. He is what can only be described as fiendishly and devilishly intelligent. He always has a plan, a backup plan, and six or seven backups for the backup. And somehow everything always works out in the best interests of everyone he's decided to help.
The plot is pretty much standard Wodehouse. There are sundered hearts and misunderstandings galore. This being a Blandings novel, there are also issues with The Empress, Shropshire's leading pig. And yet, with all that, it never lags, it's never boring, and it will make you laugh out loud.
I consider Wodehouse to be essential reading, and I recommend him to absolutely everyone.
Always a refreshing read.
Wodehouse has a great style of writing and his plots are always intricate and heavily riding on crazy coincidences, which make them rather fun to read.
It's really another world - eccentric dukes and lords, poise butlers, innocent love, great mansions and pigs!
Not to forget, always the legendary protagonists.
I can't think of a better way to lift one's mood from the gloomy state!
Wodehouse has a great style of writing and his plots are always intricate and heavily riding on crazy coincidences, which make them rather fun to read.
It's really another world - eccentric dukes and lords, poise butlers, innocent love, great mansions and pigs!
Not to forget, always the legendary protagonists.
I can't think of a better way to lift one's mood from the gloomy state!
Considering this is my first Wodehouse book, I really liked it. But giving it less score "right ho!". English is pretty old and sentences too long, it hindered my reading speed. This book was lying on my shelves from many yrs now. Had started reading multiple times but never completed it. Now can say I would loveee to pick up another Wodehouse novel soon!
DAAAAANG I LOVE THIS BOOK. If you are crazy for humor, this is your book! It's got the craziest twists and it's always up and down. You think the main characters are really in for it this time, that they're totally screwed, in water over their heads...
And then here comes Uncle Fred! And somehow it just all works out - with him on top. And he's the most lovable uncle there is.
Also Pongo is just such a crack up.
Not to mention, well, everyone. PG Wodehouse is the crack up and he makes the characters do what he wants them to do, so ofc the whole book is totally satire and you can't get through a chapter without laughing.
And then here comes Uncle Fred! And somehow it just all works out - with him on top. And he's the most lovable uncle there is.
Also Pongo is just such a crack up.
Not to mention, well, everyone. PG Wodehouse is the crack up and he makes the characters do what he wants them to do, so ofc the whole book is totally satire and you can't get through a chapter without laughing.