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This is not a typical Wodehouse novel. It certainly had the Wodehouse brand of humour but didn't make me laugh non-stop. What I liked was the beautiful love story of Lord Dawlish and Elizabeth Boyd. In the beginning, I found the novel a bit dull (vis-à-vis my expectation based on Bertie & Jeeves novels). What turned around and made me give a 5* rating were the great characterization of Leads. Both were amazingly practical, very decent and with high morals. They complimented each other perfectly. I absolutely loved Elizabeth's arguments in the end.
I feel contended reading this book. Sigh! Don't have the heart to read murder mystery and thrillers, which I usually like.

Quotable quote -
“At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.”

jonathanrobert's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ncostell's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

aleena123's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

quietjenn's review against another edition

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4.0

Last night, I couldn't figure out what to read and the feeling of reading ennui was great upon me. So I decided to be logical and unemotional about it and read the oldest-thing-on-my-Kindle-that-I-haven't-read-yet and it was this. Because I am an idiot. Or, rather, when I went on my "Free Wodehouse!" binge upon first getting my Kindle, I moved on to other stuff before reading this one.

So, there you go. I think maybe I expected it to be more about golf, since it's mentioned in the beginning and one of covers features two men playing. And I don't really care about golf, so that is how I explain my idiocy. It's not really about golf. It's your typical Wodehouse, although early days, so none of the characters are particularly familiar. Except that most of the characters in Wodehouse are familiar, once you've read one or two. It's funny. There are mishaps. People falling in and out of love and having money or not having money. Also, Long Island beekeeping and scandalous barefoot dancing. Love.

amyl88's review against another edition

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5.0

I'm so happy I finally discovered Wodehouse! I have never read books published over 100 years ago that are so accessible and not dated at all. Sometimes even timely... I mean....

" 'Why, he would have a pistol, wouldn't he? I thought everybody had over here.' Except for what he had been able to observe during the brief period of his present visit, Lord Dawlish's knowledge of the United States had been derived from the American plays which he had seen in London, and in these chappies were producing revolvers all the time. He had got the impression that a revolver was as much a part of the ordinary well-dressed man's equipment in the United States as a collar."

1916, ladies and gentlemen. Change "plays" to "movies" and "chappies" to "guys" and it could have been written in 2016.

Anyway, funny little rom-com for some light reading. The usual misunderstandings and complications. Highly enjoyable.

BTW, some of Wodehouse's books are free for Kindle...

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