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emptykatze's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
teokajlibroj's review against another edition
5.0
At first, I didn't like the idea of another authors continuing the Hitchhiker series. However, I changed my mind after reading "Mostly Harmless" and felt the series needed a better ending. Eoin Colfer surprised me with "And Another Thing" which was as good if not better than the originals by Adams.
The book is much tighter and consistent that those written by Adams which often felt like a series of random sketches thrown together haphazard. This time there is a fairly coherent plot with broad use of the guide. It was great to see the old cast reunited and back to their usual tricks and wacky adventures. Colfer handled the balance between referencing old plot lines and introducing new ones very well. There were plenty of nods to the earlier books without simply being a rehash of them.
I was surprised how funny the book was and I'm not sure if I laughed as much when I read some of the originals (though they were much shorter). The interviews of the Gods was a particularly funny Adamseque scene. Overall, a brilliant and hilarious read. Colfer had big boots to fill and he certainly did a fantastic job of them.
The book is much tighter and consistent that those written by Adams which often felt like a series of random sketches thrown together haphazard. This time there is a fairly coherent plot with broad use of the guide. It was great to see the old cast reunited and back to their usual tricks and wacky adventures. Colfer handled the balance between referencing old plot lines and introducing new ones very well. There were plenty of nods to the earlier books without simply being a rehash of them.
I was surprised how funny the book was and I'm not sure if I laughed as much when I read some of the originals (though they were much shorter). The interviews of the Gods was a particularly funny Adamseque scene. Overall, a brilliant and hilarious read. Colfer had big boots to fill and he certainly did a fantastic job of them.
sofiahogstedt's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
gxjira's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
celtic_oracle's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not sure if I would have liked this better if I had read it rather than listened to it. Or maybe if I had re-read the original series first, because after a number of years, there's a lot I don't remember? In any event, I didn't laugh as much with this one as I remember doing with the original series, and I found several characters beyond irritating.
I'm willing to give it another go in paper form, but I won't be actively seeking it out.
I'm willing to give it another go in paper form, but I won't be actively seeking it out.
noranne's review against another edition
3.0
In general, I think Mr. Colfer did a decent job of recreating the atmosphere of the Hitchhiker books, but it still was very jarringly obvious that he was trying to imitate another writer's style. And can anyone really compare with the late great Mr. Adams? Still, it was a mostly-nice wrap up to the series that ended rather depressingly and abruptly at Stavromueller Beta in the last book.
andrew_j_r's review against another edition
2.0
This isn't the story of the Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy. It resembles it as much as an unreliable copy made by the Pooflesnithers of Creen, a race who could create a perfect copy of something given enough exact measurements. Unfortunately for the Pooflesnithers, they lived on a planet where anything that passed through the atmosphere and onto the surface was instantly disorganised, so when they were submitted a picture of, say, the most beautiful woman ever to have lived in any part of the known multiverse, that information would be twisted in several dimensions simultaneously and once created, the resulting travesty of womanhood would be enough to cause the most libidinous of males to "wait around for another one" even if there was a suspicious yellow space ship in orbit with weapons hot. So disappointed were the Pooflesnithers that they attempted to measure the atmospheric disorganisation - the theory being that if they put the blueprints of whatever it was they were trying to create through a filter designed in anti phase with their atmosphere and beamed it through, the atmospheric disorganisation would then recreate the blueprints exactly as they had been originally intended. However, this did not work and after several attempts they sent one of their kind into space to view the plans before they were disorganised in their atmosphere, hoping that he would remember what the thing was supposed to look like when he came back down to Creen. Unfortunately, because his memories of how to operate his capsule were also disorganised as he left the planet, as soon as he tried to operate the controls in order to return home his ship would invariably fly into the sun and the whole thing was eventually given up by the Pooflesnithers as a bad idea.
Pity Eoin Colfer never reached the same conclusion.
Pity Eoin Colfer never reached the same conclusion.
thebooklender's review against another edition
2.0
Exceeded my expectations. Not amazing, but enjoyable.
theseventhl's review against another edition
5.0
Dear Eoin Colfer: Please to be writing another Hitchhiker's book? You are truly the most worthy successor around to pick up where Adams left off. Plus, your Arthur and Ford make me super super happy ♥