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Title: Joy in the Morning
Series: The Jeeves Omnibus #2.2
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Humor
Pages: 272
Format: Digital Edition
Title: Joy in the Morning
Series: The Jeeves Omnibus #2.2
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Humor
Pages: 272
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
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Bertie gets roped
into going to Bumpleigh in the Country to help his Uncle by marriage
close a business deal with an American Magnate. At the same time
Bertie is supposed to help his cousin get said Uncle's blessing to
marry a rich novelist who the Uncle dislikes immensely (for good
reason). Then Bertie gets engaged to a woman who he was engaged to a
year or two ago and who broke off her engagement to a policeman who
was one of Bertie's old classmates. Said Classmate is a sack of
man-meat and looking for any excuse to jail Birtie.
Throw in a nephew
whose every act of kindness turns into some kind of disaster, a
country ball where Bertie wears a stolen police uniform and midnight
escapades and you have this novel in a pinch.
My
Thoughts:
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More of the same, more of the same.
At this point, if you've made it this far you know you're going to
keep on going with the series. If this wasn't for you (Yes, I'm
looking at you, Miiiiiiister
Newton!), you'd have given up sometime during the first
omnibus.
Spineless Bertie can't act like a man for 2 seconds. Which leads to
humorous situations that only Jeeves can manipulate him out of for
the betterment of everyone involved. The thing is, as a reader you
HAVE to accept the stupidity of Bertie to enjoy this series. Not
malicious stupidity but plain old genetic dumb-assery. If you can't
get past that, and I don't blame anyone who can't, this just isn't
for you.
But if “rich people having problems” can amuse you, you'll just
keep eating these books up. Wodehouse obviously has a limited
repertoire of situations he can bother Bertie with (the main one
getting married) but they are still of good variety.
Sit back and chuckle and enjoy Bertie being a dumbass. Because Jeeves
is the benevolent force of nature behind the scenes making sure that
everything turns out alright.
★★★☆½
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