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A review by fonril
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
2.5
I've seen so many people recommend PG Wodehouse books, saying how riotously funny they are and so I expected to enjoy this much more than I did.
It's a collection of short stories, some featuring Bertie Wooster and his hugely competent servant, Jeeves. Others feature a character similar to Wooster called Reggie Pepper.
The themes are similar, the rich person gets into some kind of situation, often involving deception and Jeeves comes to the rescue by having the intelligence to find a way out of the pickle.
It's not without humour, expectation though had me thinking I'd be laughing out loud and it didn't even come close.
I've never seen Jeeves & Wooster on tv as portrayed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie but this book definitely reads like a sketch show so I can see why they took it on for that purpose.
Sorry to disappoint the Wodehouse fans and I'm sorry I didn't enjoy it as much as you did too but there is little as subjective as humour and this just didn't hit the funny notes for me.
It's a collection of short stories, some featuring Bertie Wooster and his hugely competent servant, Jeeves. Others feature a character similar to Wooster called Reggie Pepper.
The themes are similar, the rich person gets into some kind of situation, often involving deception and Jeeves comes to the rescue by having the intelligence to find a way out of the pickle.
It's not without humour, expectation though had me thinking I'd be laughing out loud and it didn't even come close.
I've never seen Jeeves & Wooster on tv as portrayed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie but this book definitely reads like a sketch show so I can see why they took it on for that purpose.
Sorry to disappoint the Wodehouse fans and I'm sorry I didn't enjoy it as much as you did too but there is little as subjective as humour and this just didn't hit the funny notes for me.