![]() Most of Wodehouse's hilarity lies in knowing just how to say a line like "Percy's always been a bit of a nut - I say, what?" for maximum effect, and Davidson doesn't seem to have the knack. ![]() ![]() ![]() More problematically - and again, I realize this is sometimes a matter of personal taste - Davidson seems to miss jokes all the time. All the men under 30 sound like fruity idiots all the women sound like airheads (quite literally) all the older men sound uniformly gruff and the various American accents are neither accurate nor consistent. It's fine when he uses a very effete, almost effeminate voice for Bertie Wooster (who doesn't appear here), but he doesn't have a whole lot of range. Something Fresh isn't a bad novel - though with less laugh-a-minute potential than some of the other Blandings-series stories - but Frederick Davidson's very affected vocal style isn't really suited to longer novels like this, with so many different characters. And this particular audiobook isn't one of the best. ![]() Not terrible - but not a must-have, eitherĪs a long-time Wodehouse fan, I've read many of his books, watched most episodes of Jeeves & Wooster, and listened to a whole lot of the radio dramas and audiobooks. ![]()
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