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Le Guide du routard galactique by Douglas Adams

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kimmmmy's review against another edition

4.0

“One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and repeating the obvious, as in It’s a nice day, or You’re very tall, or Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right? At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behavior. If human beings don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. After a few months’ consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favor of a new one. If they don’t keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. After a while he abandoned this one as well as being obstructively cynical and decided he quite liked human beings after all, but he always remained desperately worried about the terrible number of things they didn’t know about.”

Actually a pretty funny, cynical take on the eccentricities of our species. Things we rarely notice in our mundane routines. I was entertained.

carrb1270's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted

4.5

bethany_b's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I don’t know why it took me so long to pick this up! I couldn’t put it down. It was so funny and one-of-a-kind. I just wish it was longer!

marcird's review against another edition

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2.0

I am clearly in the minority here. This book would never make my own “100 books to read before you die” list. Some of Adams’ lines are comic genius, but I found this book utterly boring.