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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Nobody writes like Wodehouse! A fluffy, madcap romp filled with silly antics and irreverent dialogue. #6 in the Blandings series. I had not read the first 5, and it didn’t matter.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
As with any Wodehouse, the plot is ridiculous to the extreme - but that's the whole point, isn't it? Simply put, I have yet to come across a funnier writer. It's not the action that takes place that's funny, it's Wodehouse's way of phrasing things. I often catch myself re-reading a sentence several times because it's just so deliciously perfect. And it's official: my favorite verb is now 'to moon'.
Wodehouse at his best. Yes, the usual shenanigans involving imposters (it is Blandings Castle after all), pignappings, and lovelorn young men and women. The only thing missing I suppose was the efficient Baxter. Still, not going to take a star away just for that reason.
"It's all good, solid Wodehouse, and you know what that is." Russell Maloney, The New York Times Book Review, JUne 1, 1947
Excellent Blandings story. Featured Galahad Threepwood and Hermione, a hitherto unseen Wodehouse Aunt.
The ninth Earl of Emsworth wants a portrait painted. Of his prize pig. His niece Prudence is whisked away from her wedding, to purgatory back at Blandings, because her mother and her aunt don't approve of her intended, and his other niece Veronica wants to marry an American millionaire who keeps seeing a hideous face every time he takes a drink.
Wodehouse mixes up all this and more with glee, plonks it down in the picturesque setting of Blandings castle. The hon Galahad may not be Jeeves, but he's still got what it takes to sort things out and ensure that nothing stands in the way of true love. I loved the characters, their Wodehousian antics and the whole shebang. Maybe not classic Wodehouse (I generally prefer the stuff that's set pre-war) but still gloriously silly.
Wodehouse mixes up all this and more with glee, plonks it down in the picturesque setting of Blandings castle. The hon Galahad may not be Jeeves, but he's still got what it takes to sort things out and ensure that nothing stands in the way of true love. I loved the characters, their Wodehousian antics and the whole shebang. Maybe not classic Wodehouse (I generally prefer the stuff that's set pre-war) but still gloriously silly.