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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
I can see why people love these books. But I hated reading this. Everything that I imagine others find hilarious grated on me. I found it frustrating, silly, and ridiculous. I know everything I disliked is the whole point of the book but I just couldn't get past wanting to scream "this is all nonsense about nothing"...
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Jeeves is the true aristocrat. Behind his daft orchestrations of sticky situations and his disentanglement of contrary positions, he comes out as an epitome of coolness and smartness. His shine radiates in contrast with the clumsiness and short-sightedness of his masters. Owing to his expertise and command over his job, it is the "upper class" that seems to be led by Jeeves to favorable conclusions. This role reversal is the key comedic instrument. His servitude is just an irreconcilable misfortune in the larger picture, yet the very reason he evokes admirations from readers. There is gracefulness and intelligence in the serving class, which feeds into the popular joke that the ones ruling us have no idea of what they are doing. Despite their sophistication, they are entrenched in the ugly affairs of petty disputes, jealousies, power-trips and show-offs of the upper class. One can't imagine what they will do without their talented, loyal staff like Jeeves. Contrarily, one can also picture Jeeves also taking pleasure in basking in their incompetence and joking with his peers of how terribly inept his master is - without malice, only matter-of-factly of course. We root for Jeeves naturally. It is with Jeeves whom we sympathize - the truly under-applied, disproportionately under-appreciated genius - the gears of the world that actually make it turn and make useful things happen.
I think with age I may have mellowed and change my whole perspective of the world. I remember trying to read these about 12 years ago and failing, miserably. In fact, I'm pretty certain, these were part of my "Bathroom" collection back then. The said bathroom was a cold gloomy affair in Castletown, Isle Of Man, so that may have something to do with it.
Anyway, I have finished the 1st Jeeves & Wooster omnibus and can, categorically say, I throughly enjoyed them. The 3 books in this set are not chronological and follow similar lines but are funny and farcical.
Anyway, I have finished the 1st Jeeves & Wooster omnibus and can, categorically say, I throughly enjoyed them. The 3 books in this set are not chronological and follow similar lines but are funny and farcical.
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
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This was the Jeeves and Wooster I was most looking forward to returning to, the one that stuck in my mind the best, the cow creamer, the notebook and the policeman’s hat. With good reason it turns out, a superbly constructed comedy with Wodehouse truly at the top of his game, it’s hard to think that this isn’t his masterpiece.
Considering some of the unsettling racist stereotypes in some of the other books, and knowing how Wodehouse was about to spend a portion of WW2, the Spode character as an parody of Oswald Mosley, treated completely contemptuously through the book is very heartening. Less heartening is how well you could transpose Spode to your Farage’s and Johnson’s but that’s a whole other thing.
Considering some of the unsettling racist stereotypes in some of the other books, and knowing how Wodehouse was about to spend a portion of WW2, the Spode character as an parody of Oswald Mosley, treated completely contemptuously through the book is very heartening. Less heartening is how well you could transpose Spode to your Farage’s and Johnson’s but that’s a whole other thing.
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:
No
one of the funniest books ever - the great man at the height of his powers, a ludicrously complicated plot and a great cast of characters. a joy from start to finish, and still as funny on the fifth read. the language is splendid
"The chap I know wears horn-rimmed spectacles and has a face
like a fish. How does that check up with your data?"
"The gentleman who came to the flat wore horn-rimmed spectacles, sir."
"And looked like something on a slab?"
"Possibly there was a certain suggestion of the piscine, sir."
"The chap I know wears horn-rimmed spectacles and has a face
like a fish. How does that check up with your data?"
"The gentleman who came to the flat wore horn-rimmed spectacles, sir."
"And looked like something on a slab?"
"Possibly there was a certain suggestion of the piscine, sir."