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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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mynameisreek's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

What a delightful, goofy little book. Definitely not the most put together plot, but it does its job well of creating a vehicle for the jokes to flow, and man do they land consistently. Ridiculous to an excess, but enjoyable the whole time.

Listened to on Audible:
Loved Stephen Fry's work, truly an iconic choice. This is celebrity voice acting done right.

_inge_'s review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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5.0

Finally got around to reading this.... few decades behind I know!

HGTTG was VERY amusing. I totally smiled pretty much through the whole thing. I can see why it's been sure a popular book with its total twist on the concept of questioning the meaning of life.

The reason I wanted to read this book so bad, is because I've sen it appear in many author interviews. Authors doing Q&A's always get asked' What is your favourite novel?' and I've heard/seen HGTTG come up many times. I wish we read this one in school because I feel likeI coud have defintiely spent time thinking about more parts of this one, making it a re-read for sure sometime in the future :)

Highly recommend it and hopefully i'll be able to pick up on all the HGTTTG references in pop-culture now!