Very Good, Jeeves! (original 1930; edition 1975)

Very fun and entertaining book, will definitely have to read more Jeeves and Wooster adventures. Very easy read, and fun to find out the thought pattern. ( )

Unsurprisingly, this Wodehouse book contains short stories in which Wooster and his friends get helped out with their problems by the Gentleman's man-servant, Jeeves. The style is, of course, the same as the other Wodehouse-books I've read, and that is not a bad thing. Unfortunately I didn't find this particular collection quite as funny as the two preceding Jeeves-books, and at times everything became a little too predictable. Still a decent read, but far from my favourite Wodehouse. ( )

Recently H. and I have watched the fantastic Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry series Jeeves and Wooster, based on the books by P. G. Wodehouse. The books had been recommended to me years ago by a friend, but even though I picked up a whole pile of them for free, I hadn't read any yet. But now I couldn't resist, and I just had to read a Jeeves and Wooster book. Luckily for me, the only English Wodehouse I have is the first one (in my collection, not in the series). The rest of the books are in Dutch, and miss some of that British charm, I'm sure. However, this first book was in English (glorious English) and so much fun.
The book itself has several short stories dealing with the adventures of Wooster and Jeeves' inevitable rescue. I was pleasantly surprised that the dialogue in the series comes so close to the stories in the book. The stories are all told from Bertie's standpoint, which makes them even more fun to read. Some of the stories in this book have also been featured in episodes of the TV show, so they weren't new to me. With regards to the others, they were very similar, and fun to read. Four out of five stars. ( )

Well, again, more of a collection than a novel. Though I felt this hung together better than the earlier ones. Plus, no stories I'd read already.I'm starting to tell the Sippies and Biffies and Buffies apart.I do think I'll be taking a break though. It'd be really dumb to blow through all of them, when I have a whole lifetime to read them.I may switch to watching some of it. But new television started, so perhaps not.Not much of a review, but there you go! ( )

Another outstanding Wodehouse collection in which Jeeves suavely saves his hapless gentleman, Bertie Wooster, from such varied horrors as Aunts (always a menace. Even the good sort.), a mischevious red headed vixen, the duplicitious Tuppy, a Mooning Sippy, starvation for the physical betterment of Bingo Little, geese and, of course, the vague, but ever-present threats of marriage (Bertie's own person, as well as the Aunt-inspired halting of an inappropriate marriage of his titled Uncle, George.) ( )