I‘ve not read any P G Wodehouse but it‘s been said he has some Bertie Wooster vibes. Sayers described Bunter as part Wooster part Fred Astaire! Are you on TEAM BUNTER??
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Cuilin I saw Peter Wimsey as more like Wooster and Bunter as Jeeves. This relationship was the most redeeming aspect of the novel for me. 2y
AmyG I liked Bunter the best of all. The man has the patience of a saint!!! 2y
jlhammar I‘ve not read Wodehouse either, but yes, definitely a Bunter fan. 2y
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My Man Jeeves 2y
My Man JeevesRead-y_Picker Favourite takeaway was the reenactment of the (maid‘s?) testimony in court. That was hilarious. Was anyone else bothered by the confession taking up about a full fifth of the novel? 2y
jlhammar @Read-y_Picker I quoted the maid's testimony in my review! That whole court scene was my favorite part. Yeah, I didn't love the confession either. 2y
Mitch Agreed Bunter has the patience of a saint ! Especially has he gets paid in a year less than Wimsey spends on one antique book! 2y
batsy Definitely #TeamBunter! Love how he talks Wimsey down when he has an anxiety attack while trying to solve the murder and he recognises that there's PTSD with war flashbacks. We all need a Bunter in our lives. 2y
batsy @Read-y_Picker Yes, the pacing of the novel wasn't the best re: how it was resolved & the confession. 2y
DGRachel I should have read all the questions before commenting. I haven‘t read Wodehouse, but I definitely got strong Fry & Laurie version of Jeeves & Wooster. #TeamBunter all the way! 2y
Ruthiella Love Bunter! Totally agree with the Wodehouse vibes. They are a team and for sure Wimsey would not be such a good detective without him. I do think that Wimsey appreciates Bunter as an equal, even though he is his employee. Same with Parker, who is of a lower class than Lord Peter. He‘s not condescending at all. He sees these men as his peers. 2y
rabbitprincess Ian Carmichael, who played Wimsey in a TV adaptation, also played Bertie Wooster in a different Jeeves adaptation, so I definitely got Wooster vibes from Wimsey here. 2y
CarolynM I think it‘s a very different vibe from Jeeves and Wooster. For all his foppishness, Lord Peter is not an airhead like Bertie Wooster and Bunter, much as I liked him, has nothing on Jeeves. 2y
Chrissyreadit I have not read any Jeeves books yet. I really liked their relationship and agree that he seems to be better about seeing the value of others (especially compared to his brother) 2y
kwmg40 I do like Bunter as a character. I can see some parallels with the Wooster and Jeeves relationship, but I find the comparison with Campion/Lug in Margery Allingham's Golden Age novels more interesting. In Whose Body, I loved Bunter's description of his meeting with Cummings and his commentary on his employer's wine cellar! 2y
Larkken The Bunter-lord Peter relationship was my favorite part! I know DLS wasn‘t explicitly making this book into satire, but that‘s how I read it. It read very much like a first novel, so I could see how the farce element might get downgraded and the mystery more developed in later books… I‘d like the latter, but will miss the former 😂 very interesting to read the first in such an est series! 2y
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