Amanda
The publisher says this one as a "whimsically speculative ode to Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster," which is one of the more misleading descriptions I've seen recently. Oh, the book counts as speculative fiction and the author has clearly read Wodehouse, but the story is decidedly heavier than Wodhouse, and it is in no way, shape, or form whimsical.
That being said, Valet is actually a pretty entertaining book, and features anxious robots, family squabbles, and corporate espionage. I suppose you could say it's like a Jeeves and Wooster story if Bertie and his friends were written as more pathetic than silly and all the servants had been replaced with robots manufactured by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
Those who come to the book looking for the charm of a P.G. Wodehouse story will be sorely disappointed, but those who are looking for an entertaining story with sardonic, put-upon robots will enjoy Valet.
Received via NetGalley.
The publisher says this one as a "whimsically speculative ode to Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster," which is one of the more misleading descriptions I've seen recently. Oh, the book counts as speculative fiction and the author has clearly read Wodehouse, but the story is decidedly heavier than Wodhouse, and it is in no way, shape, or form whimsical.
That being said, Valet is actually a pretty entertaining book, and features anxious robots, family squabbles, and corporate espionage. I suppose you could say it's like a Jeeves and Wooster story if Bertie and his friends were written as more pathetic than silly and all the servants had been replaced with robots manufactured by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
Those who come to the book looking for the charm of a P.G. Wodehouse story will be sorely disappointed, but those who are looking for an entertaining story with sardonic, put-upon robots will enjoy Valet.
Received via NetGalley.