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kylieqrada's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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
4.0
I can’t believe I haven’t picked this up before. Just a fun, nonsensical, good time. Think Terry Pratchett does sci-fi.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: War and Genocide
bessadams'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Animal death, and Death
Minor: Suicide, War, and Genocide
lottebluebird's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
The audiobook was very well read and enjoyable.
The quirky writing style would have been to much for me, reading it, but listening was fine. (no native speaker)
The quirky writing style would have been to much for me, reading it, but listening was fine. (no native speaker)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Death and Torture
inkysplodge's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Cursing and Death
mindoftheraven's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Mental illness and Death
andra_mihaela_s's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is one of the most well-known books in this genre, full of comedy, adventure and scifi shenanigans!🤭
rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫
format in which i read it : audiobook read by Stephen Fry
CW: nothing I noticed..maybe death of a planet and some cops🤷♀️
Thoughts🚀
In this book we follow Arthur Dent as he tries to save his house from demolition in the last day of Earth's existence ...(as it will also be demolished by someone else👀) and barely escapes death due to his friendship with an unusual fellow 😅..one Ford Prefect.
This was delightful for the most part! I really enjoyed the very British humor of the author; the adventure was good and the characters were interesting to say the least 🤔
As a first book in a series, we get a pretty good understanding of the Galaxy and how it is run, from the administrative perspective to be exact. We have a ironic situation directly from the start..with the whole demolition..but that's not the only such instance, a thing I really enjoyed! ☺️
The world building is interconnected with the action both in terms of scientific advancements, and historical importance ( an example of this is the whole thing with the ancient planet Magrathea), and I cannot wait to see what happens / what importance will it play further in the series! After all, I have some questions about the dolphins...that phrase is memorable and no wonder it is use as a future title; and also..what happened with the old man???👀 🤔 have the mice truly left? why the plant thought that??🧐 AND why no one asked who killed the cops???
Reading all this, you might ask me why only 3.5 ⭐?
Well, after the halfway point I got a little bored and the questions above felt valid and very unanswered 😅..not to mention the characters aren't very special 😕.
I enjoyed the most Zaphod Beeblebrox and Melvin, while Ford came as a close 3rd...meanwhile, Arthur, Trillian and the others weren't anything to write home about...sorry!🫣
Overall, I recommend this if you want something light and easy and sci-fi!
rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫
format in which i read it : audiobook read by Stephen Fry
CW: nothing I noticed..maybe death of a planet and some cops🤷♀️
Thoughts🚀
In this book we follow Arthur Dent as he tries to save his house from demolition in the last day of Earth's existence ...(as it will also be demolished by someone else👀) and barely escapes death due to his friendship with an unusual fellow 😅..one Ford Prefect.
This was delightful for the most part! I really enjoyed the very British humor of the author; the adventure was good and the characters were interesting to say the least 🤔
As a first book in a series, we get a pretty good understanding of the Galaxy and how it is run, from the administrative perspective to be exact. We have a ironic situation directly from the start..with the whole demolition..but that's not the only such instance, a thing I really enjoyed! ☺️
The world building is interconnected with the action both in terms of scientific advancements, and historical importance ( an example of this is the whole thing with the ancient planet Magrathea), and I cannot wait to see what happens / what importance will it play further in the series! After all, I have some questions about the dolphins...that phrase is memorable and no wonder it is use as a future title; and also..what happened with the old man???👀 🤔 have the mice truly left? why the plant thought that??🧐 AND why no one asked who killed the cops???
Reading all this, you might ask me why only 3.5 ⭐?
Well, after the halfway point I got a little bored and the questions above felt valid and very unanswered 😅..not to mention the characters aren't very special 😕.
I enjoyed the most Zaphod Beeblebrox and Melvin, while Ford came as a close 3rd...meanwhile, Arthur, Trillian and the others weren't anything to write home about...sorry!🫣
Overall, I recommend this if you want something light and easy and sci-fi!
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
verpissdich's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Light hearted and very fantastical. The main appeal is the frivolity with which it is written, which borders at times on excessive but treads the line skillfully.
I like the paranoid android. Plot uses extreme coincidence as a plot mechanism in itself, which is quite clever and allows for a believable and highly improbable storyline.
It is clear the author either truly does not take themselves seriously, or makes a very concerted effort to appear as though they don't care too much. However, the prose is not dumbed down.
The book is too short to fully develop the characters, possibly due to the original format being a radio show. But readers probably aren't intended to fully understand all the characters anyways, it's meant for entertainment.
Overall a good, light, whimsical read with decent prose and clever storyline mechanisms.
I like the paranoid android. Plot uses extreme coincidence as a plot mechanism in itself, which is quite clever and allows for a believable and highly improbable storyline.
It is clear the author either truly does not take themselves seriously, or makes a very concerted effort to appear as though they don't care too much. However, the prose is not dumbed down.
The book is too short to fully develop the characters, possibly due to the original format being a radio show. But readers probably aren't intended to fully understand all the characters anyways, it's meant for entertainment.
Overall a good, light, whimsical read with decent prose and clever storyline mechanisms.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness and Death
Minor: Suicide
funyuns_the_movie's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death
Minor: War and Genocide
chelseazhao's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
4.0
I really enjoyed this book, but I will say that if I hadn’t watched and loved the movie (many many times) I would probably be a bit more confused as to what was going on.
I really do like the satire and commentary that this book has going for it. And there were quite a few times that I laughed out loud at the comedy.
But sometimes it gets so far removed from real life that I can’t wrap my head around what is actually written on the page. I feel like this would be a great book to read as an audiobook.
I really do like the satire and commentary that this book has going for it. And there were quite a few times that I laughed out loud at the comedy.
But sometimes it gets so far removed from real life that I can’t wrap my head around what is actually written on the page. I feel like this would be a great book to read as an audiobook.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Suicide
hjb_128's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: War and Genocide