alsutto1's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
aaronmjnoy's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't think there was anything funnier than a P.G. Wodehouse novel, turns out there is, a P.G. Wodehouse short story! This is the first full-length book of our friends Jeeves and Wooster and it is made up of related short stories rather than one long one, most of them involving Bertie's lovesick school chum Bingo. They were all amazing but my favourite is when they go to the countryside and start betting on the length of the local vicar's sermons, it had me in stitches.
temsu's review against another edition
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? Yes
4.0
katenova'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
4.75
the_color_of_the_wheat_fields's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.0
curlyhairedbooklover's review against another edition
5.0
Poor Bertie having to deal with all these Straights and their exploits 😔 at least he's got JeevesÂ
jadziadax's review against another edition
5.0
"Right ho! Then bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg. I'm going into the Park to do pastoral dances."
"I buzzed into the flat like an east wind ... and there was the box of cigarettes on the small table and the illustrated weekly papers on the big table and my slippers on the floor, and every dashed thing so bally right, if you know what I mean, that I started to calm down in the first two seconds."
The above quotes aren't the most laugh out loud ones from the book (of which there many) but ones that heartwarming. Bertie, for all his silliness, really is a cheery/sweet narrator to read while being in pandemic lockdown.
So this collection is a saga of Bertie Wooster's friend Bingo's mostly disastrous love life. Seriously, Bingo, your love life - truly wild. It also features his twin cousins, whose presence reminds Bertie that his in fact in his mid-twenties and not college-aged. Bertie would like some sleep, thank you very much. The book also features a fair amount of garish clothing items that cause Jeeves pain. There's also sports betting, which has varying success.
Honestly, faced with Bertie's friends and relatives, he's positively a genius -- he's at least actually decently sensible. He can tell that his friends (and aunts) have terrible plans, yet he goes along because he simply can't say no. Luckily, he has Jeeves pull him out of the soup (most of the time). Bertie's fatal flaw really isn't stupidity, but being too kind-hearted and easily pushed.
To end this, review, here's a song from the J&W tv adaption that I feel like would be one of Bingo's favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5mDidhPS90
"I buzzed into the flat like an east wind ... and there was the box of cigarettes on the small table and the illustrated weekly papers on the big table and my slippers on the floor, and every dashed thing so bally right, if you know what I mean, that I started to calm down in the first two seconds."
The above quotes aren't the most laugh out loud ones from the book (of which there many) but ones that heartwarming. Bertie, for all his silliness, really is a cheery/sweet narrator to read while being in pandemic lockdown.
So this collection is a saga of Bertie Wooster's friend Bingo's mostly disastrous love life. Seriously, Bingo, your love life - truly wild. It also features his twin cousins, whose presence reminds Bertie that his in fact in his mid-twenties and not college-aged. Bertie would like some sleep, thank you very much. The book also features a fair amount of garish clothing items that cause Jeeves pain. There's also sports betting, which has varying success.
Honestly, faced with Bertie's friends and relatives, he's positively a genius -- he's at least actually decently sensible. He can tell that his friends (and aunts) have terrible plans, yet he goes along because he simply can't say no. Luckily, he has Jeeves pull him out of the soup (most of the time). Bertie's fatal flaw really isn't stupidity, but being too kind-hearted and easily pushed.
To end this, review, here's a song from the J&W tv adaption that I feel like would be one of Bingo's favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5mDidhPS90
bookishwendy's review against another edition
2.0
I struggled to stay focused on this one. I found all the stories followed similar patterns--Bertie acquires a garish piece of clothing and Jeeves convinces him to dispose of it, Bingo Little falls in love with an unsuitable prospect, someone asks Bertie for help in which he is out of his depth, and Jeeves solves all. Unfortunately all the stories just flowed together in my head and while it had its humorous moments I found myself tuning out more than I was engaged.