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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
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:
No
funny
lighthearted
sad
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
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first one's a classic for a reason but they get worse with every sequel. The plot is meandering and unfocused and the characters seem to get less developed as the series goes on.
It's a classic for a reason! If you have a chance, I recommend listening to each of the books on audio - they're fabulous!
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
In my opinion, the assorted novels of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are less than the sum of their parts.
I would gladly recommend the first book to anyone, maybe even the second as an extension of it, but after that...
The first book enganges in some meaningful social commentary, packaged in absurdist humour — But even then, the ending's a flop. Well, and after that the books seem content to just meander around pessimistically.
The core of my issues with the books lie with the fact that they don't seem to believe in anything.
There is no truth of any kind. Random circumstance flips to hard determinism in a single moment depending on which makes for better cruel irony.
Striving for anything — love, answers, convitions, any higher ambition at all — is ultimately setting yourself up to be the butt of a joke
Even if you get an answer, you're too insignificant to even begin to grasp it, so you'd be better of if you never tried to begin with, eh?
It completely forgets that the journeys we take, and even the answers we don't comprehend in their entirety down to the millionth digit behind the comma still can have meaning and worth to us.
The story funamentally doesn't care enough about it's characters to develop them until the last book, and even that development is short-lived and simply serves to set up even more cruel irony.
I don't know, maybe he's hamming it up for the books, but I get the impression that being friends with Douglas Adams must have been stifeling and insufferable.
I would gladly recommend the first book to anyone, maybe even the second as an extension of it, but after that...
The first book enganges in some meaningful social commentary, packaged in absurdist humour — But even then, the ending's a flop. Well, and after that the books seem content to just meander around pessimistically.
The core of my issues with the books lie with the fact that they don't seem to believe in anything.
There is no truth of any kind. Random circumstance flips to hard determinism in a single moment depending on which makes for better cruel irony.
Striving for anything — love, answers, convitions, any higher ambition at all — is ultimately setting yourself up to be the butt of a joke
Even if you get an answer, you're too insignificant to even begin to grasp it, so you'd be better of if you never tried to begin with, eh?
It completely forgets that the journeys we take, and even the answers we don't comprehend in their entirety down to the millionth digit behind the comma still can have meaning and worth to us.
The story funamentally doesn't care enough about it's characters to develop them until the last book, and even that development is short-lived and simply serves to set up even more cruel irony.
I don't know, maybe he's hamming it up for the books, but I get the impression that being friends with Douglas Adams must have been stifeling and insufferable.
Book 4 is rubbish and can be skipped entirely but the rest is incredibly fun to read.
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
The first, original story is really quite good. Otherwise, I think it would be a hell of a lot better if it were half its size. I don't dislike the stories, but I also don't really see a point to them. I thought the writing style outside of dialogue was fun and quirky at first, but it just becomes hard to read after a while.