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drjonty's review against another edition
3.0
Not as good as the Jeeves and Wooster books not Blandings but still very good.
gardenmommy's review against another edition
I love PG Wodehouse's wit and humor, which is how I find both his Jeeves series and Blandings Castle series. But the PSmith series has too much detailed sports play descriptions and young males fighting, etc. Not my cup of tea.
laurehittle's review
5.0
Psmith is the embodiment of absolute incredulity.
i swear this guy is some sort of operator, except i can never tell how much of his reality he believes. And he does live in a reality almost entirely of his own making, and he sweeps everyone else along with him. As Bertie would say, he moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. Psmith’s instinct to keep Mike around probably keeps Psmith from being a true danger to traffic.
Anyway, i wish Wodehouse had written far more of him. Jonathan Cecil is a virtuoso as always.
i swear this guy is some sort of operator, except i can never tell how much of his reality he believes. And he does live in a reality almost entirely of his own making, and he sweeps everyone else along with him. As Bertie would say, he moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. Psmith’s instinct to keep Mike around probably keeps Psmith from being a true danger to traffic.
Anyway, i wish Wodehouse had written far more of him. Jonathan Cecil is a virtuoso as always.
laurehittle's review against another edition
5.0
Psmith is the embodiment of absolute incredulity.
i swear this guy is some sort of operator, except i can never tell how much of his reality he believes. And he does live in a reality almost entirely of his own making, and he sweeps everyone else along with him. As Bertie would say, he moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. Psmith’s instinct to keep Mike around probably keeps Psmith from being a true danger to traffic.
Anyway, i wish Wodehouse had written far more of him. Jonathan Cecil is a virtuoso as always.
i swear this guy is some sort of operator, except i can never tell how much of his reality he believes. And he does live in a reality almost entirely of his own making, and he sweeps everyone else along with him. As Bertie would say, he moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. Psmith’s instinct to keep Mike around probably keeps Psmith from being a true danger to traffic.
Anyway, i wish Wodehouse had written far more of him. Jonathan Cecil is a virtuoso as always.
sixforgold's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Excellent prose but too light a story to grab me.
beautifulshell's review against another edition
3.0
Listened to Librivox recording while doing tedium at work. My first Psmith book, and it was quite amusing. (Wodehouse is more of a 'quite amusing' than a 'super funny,' right?) I especially enjoyed the pre-ATM perspective of bank tellers appearing as, essentially, ATMs to customers.
justina_kl's review
adventurous
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? No
5.0
amyingomar's review against another edition
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? Yes
3.5
sherwoodreads's review against another edition
The misery of leaving school for the grim world of work gets treatment in this one. Wodehouse did have to leave school and work in a bank, an experience he evokes vividly here--but he didn't have a Psmith to smooth the way. However he had his imagination, and he was able to effect escape by selling stories. Psmith's way out evokes the spectacular ending of Dorothy Sayers' Murder Must Advertise. Comfort read.