A review by jadziadax
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
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