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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
No
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Whenever I need cheering up, I turn to Bertie Wooster. Laugh out loud funny, with a good dose of second-hand embarrassment.
“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
"The mood will pass, sir.”
Hilarious. Will make you laugh and lift your spirits.
“If I might suggest, sir—it is, of course, merely a palliative—but it has often been found in times of despondency that the assumption of formal evening dress has a stimulating effect on the morale.”
“You can’t fling the hands up in a passionate gesture when you are driving a car at fifty miles an hour. Otherwise, I should have done so.”
"The mood will pass, sir.”
Hilarious. Will make you laugh and lift your spirits.
“If I might suggest, sir—it is, of course, merely a palliative—but it has often been found in times of despondency that the assumption of formal evening dress has a stimulating effect on the morale.”
“You can’t fling the hands up in a passionate gesture when you are driving a car at fifty miles an hour. Otherwise, I should have done so.”
I read a couple of Wodehouse books before this, but it is this one that did cement my position as a Wodehouse fan. You could make a line by line adaptation today and the comedy would still strike gold. Click Swiss clockwork, there are so many tiny moving pieces of observations, wit, drama, thrills, etc that work together wonderfully to create this very enjoyable read.
Probably Wodehouse's best of the Jeeves and Wooster series, and that is saying something! A master at comedy.
To be funny, still, after eighty-plus years is quite the silver cow creamer. P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, and very few of their contemporaries can be read today with such gaiety.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Ridiculous silly fun
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes