Summary: Who can forget our beloved gentleman's
personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue when the hapless
Bertie Wooster falls into trouble. My Man Jeeves is sure to please
anyone with a taste for pithy buffoonery, moronic misunderstandings, gaffes,
and aristocratic slapstick.
Contents:
"Leave It to Jeeves"
"Jeeves and the Unbidden
Guest"
"Jeeves and the Hard-boiled
Egg"
"Absent Treatment"
"Helping Freddie"
"Rallying Round Old
George"
"Doing Clarence a Bit of
Good"
"The Aunt and the
Sluggard"
Summary and cover image taken from goodreads.com
My Review: I’ve had a steady diet of heavy reading the
last little while, and a friend of mine suggested My Man Jeeves as a good palate-cleanser. Something light, funny, and good at
brightening the mood.
The book is more a collection of
short stories, little snippets of aristocratic trouble in which Wooster finds
himself (or his friends) embroiled, and usually relying on Jeeves’ quick thinking
to resolve. It wasn’t quite as hilarious
as I was expecting, but I really enjoyed it!
Jeeves is the kind of mind I’d want to get to know, and I’m really
intrigued at Bertie Wooster’s backstory.
So little of it was revealed in this first book, it certainly made me
want to check out a few more of Wodehouse’s novels.
Wodehouse’s style of writing was so
easy to read, I wonder if this would be a good series to listen to. He incorporates so much of the 20s-lingo, I
imagine it would only add to the hilarity!
My Rating: Three and a half stars
For the Sensitive Reader: No worries here!
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