The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2) in Reading with Style

Aug 31, 2017 Wendy rated it it was ok

Shelves: audiobooks, 2017

I struggled to stay focused on this one. I found all the stories followed similar patterns--Bertie acquires a garish piece of clothing and Jeeves convinces him to dispose of it, Bingo Little falls in love with an unsuitable prospect, someone asks Bertie for help in which he is out of his depth, and Jeeves solves all. Unfortunately all the stories just flowed together in my head and while it had its humorous moments I found myself tuning out more than I was engaged.

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Nov 20, 2012 Rosemary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

In this second Jeeves collection, Bertie's friend Bingo Little keeps falling in love, getting engaged and having to be extricated. To vary the theme, Bertie's tearaway cousins Claude and Eustace pop up from time to time to play pranks. Jeeves is perfect and manages to solve all of Bertie's problems while simulataneously arranging things for his own benefit too.

I liked this a lot but I'm still wistfully hunting for the "best Jeeves" book that I'll adore the way I did when I first read them as a c ...more

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Mar 21, 2019 Tien rated it liked it

Shelves: short-stories, humour

I'm afraid I'm no big fan of Wooster & Jeeves... In a way, it was a very interesting relationship between a silly master and a brainy butler but to me, it felt rather forced. Jeeves, to me, felt more like a know-it-all which is more annoying rather anything else. Do I sound like I'm on Wooster's side? I'm not or at least, not really. I think, Wooster could be funny in his own right though again some of the situations he got into feels so unreal! Maybe that's the point of this 'humourous' book bu ...more

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Mar 13, 2011 Megan added it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Bingo Little is in love, again and again, over and over, with disastrous consequences each and every time. Behind the scenes, diligent Jeeves works away to save the day, in some form or another. Poor Bertie, even while in the thick of things, can barely keep up.

I enjoyed this collection immensely. Just when I thought I couldn't bear hearing about Bingo falling for yet another girl, the book wrapped up nicely, pulling in plenty of details from the previous chapters/stories. The humor was delightf ...more

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