Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

6 reviews

prashiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

"Earth: Mostly Harmless"

The Earth is destroyed and Ford escapes just in time with his friend Arthur. They encounter many kinds of adventures and life-threatening situations. Arthur also along the way learns more about the Universe and Earth. 

From the very first page I was captivated by the author's humour and satire and continued to be so until the end of the book. All the characters were very interesting and quirky. We have, for example, Ford who does not understand sarcasm which makes his interactions with Arthur very enjoyable. There were also some things that were so ridiculously funny that I laughed out loud and at the same time it makes one think about life. 

Definitely a nice book which is also easy to read, even for readers who normally don't read science fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Animal death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gore and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Confinement, and War

One character (a robot) has depression.

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

adventurous funny

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I really liked this movie when I was younger, and always wanted to read the book because I heard it was a lot better. And though I can see how people who read it first would think that, and to be fair I haven't seen the movie in a while, I'm really not sure I would have liked it much if I didn't have the context of the movie. It was funny and entertaining, for sure, but it was also was extremely Written By A Man (i.e. somewhat sexist and with no real female characters?) and like, idk, I just would have found it pretty chaotic and hard to follow if I hadn't seen the movie first. I'm probably not going to read the rest of the series but I don't at all regret reading this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Animal death, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Body shaming, Sexism, Police brutality, Alcohol, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia, Confinement, War, Ableism, Colonisation, and Genocide

noahhare's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Bullying, Genocide, and Mental illness

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Animal death

Minor: Grief, Torture, Abandonment, Ableism, Genocide, Medical content, Self harm, War, Confinement, and Gun violence

jbellomy's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Happy making as ever

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Death

Minor: Violence, Sexism, and Confinement