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Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis

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4.14 AVERAGE

olsonst's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rainingroses's review against another edition

2.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

astridbvw's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cfinn_6056's review against another edition

4.0

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

loukitch's review against another edition

2.75

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Would’ve found this funny and witty when I was 14.

leigh0409's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A classic, funny and easy read

dwnsdp's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

enchantedhats's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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: Complicated

ginger_rampage's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

theanswerisbooks's review against another edition

5.0

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This is the first time I've read this series in YEARS, and I've never bothered to think about them individually before (my copy is the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, which makes it easy to judge the whole series rather than its individual parts). Trying to do that on this read-through.

My brain is feeling very overwhelmed right now due to non-book-related things, so I'm not sure I'll do a full review, but I might have something to say later. Who knows. I'm not promising anything.

Anyway, this book was even funnier than I remember (probably because I'm an adult now and have a fully functioning brain).

"The ____'s Guide to _____ a/and ______" Accountability Rating: I have decided to start holding books accountable for frivolously using the extremely overused title construction this book also uses. This book gets a 10/10. It is the progenitor, and as far as I'm aware, this is the first book to be called a Guide of Anything. It can do whatever it wants.