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Reading Wodehouse's school boy stories to start a total read through of The Master is like taking a once in a lifetime year-long course on Michelangelo's career hosted in the Sistine Chapel only to find that the first month was to be devoted to his infant finger-painting, macaroni necklaces he made for his mother and play dough ashtrays he gave his father.
A long boring plod until Blandings or at least Psmith begins with this dreary step. ...more
A long boring plod until Blandings or at least Psmith begins with this dreary step. ...more
Nov 12, 2018
Shannon Cooke
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In Wodehouse's first published novel, we already see hints of the writer he would become. The plot is light and fluffy, with stakes that are personally important to the characters but not really threatening in an absolute sense. The author delights in the contracts between the humor of a situation and the way that a character reacts to it.
But though we can see those hints of the future, we have not arrived there yet. The characters are mostly bland and interchangeable. The story relies heavily o ...more
But though we can see those hints of the future, we have not arrived there yet. The characters are mostly bland and interchangeable. The story relies heavily o ...more
This is my first novel of master that was centred around school. As expected even the master's school stories are so much fun. It's much different from schools one would see these days. The schools in Wodehouse's world value sports a lot. It's more like Edith Blighton novel with a bit of crime noir. Thoroughly enjoyed the read.
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Aug 23, 2022
Ezra
marked it as to-read
