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rainz's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs
alesseia's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Child abuse
heather_freshparchment's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury
vaindesi's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs
Period typical racism. Blackface.aliced's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
buildingtaste's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I picked this up in a little free library--one of the pocketbook editions from the 70s. If you want to introduce someone to Wodehouse's breezy brand of battiness, don't pick this one. Not only are Jeeves and Wooster separated for much of the book, but Bertie spends the last third or so in blackface.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Physical abuse
Extended scenes of blackface play a major plot role. Slurs throughout the book. A character is held hostage, and another is arrested. A character's home burns down. A minor character gets severely intoxicated. Off-screen incidents of physical abuse to children.cdomonoske's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Classism
caties_books's review against another edition
3.75
I absolutely love this series, one of my favorites of all time and I reread one or two of them whenever I'm going through a rough time, but I hadn't read this one as an adult and even though it's one of his funniest, the racism is so alarmingly frequent and jarring, I had to take off a couple stars. I think this is the only Jeeves book so far I've rated less than five stars and I understand that you have to take it in the context in which it was written, but there's a line and the racism was just so blatant in this that it completely drew me out of the story on dozens of occasions and just ruined the experience. I'm talking dozens of instances of the n word and a huge amount of the plot revolving around blackface 🤮🤮
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Racism, Misogyny, and Racial slurs