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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
funny
mysterious
slow-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
Hardly anything actually happened but the prose is beautiful
funny
It was as good as Hitchhiker's Guide radio plays. Some parts were hilarious, other parts would have probably needed a little more work. People who don't like the crazy space adventures in Hitchhiker's Guide, then this may be a little easier to get into. Adventures are still wacky and, ignoring the sci-fi and fantasy parts, it seemed a lot more grounded.
People who are fans of HGTTG, should look into Dirk Gently stories.
People who are fans of HGTTG, should look into Dirk Gently stories.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A fun and easy read that is full of different ideas that should have been explored/ explained more in depth in a longer book.
DNF @ 20%.
I enjoyed tv-adaptation (season 1 at least, before all the drama about producers), but this book was so hard to get through. I read at least 100 pages and don't care about any of characters or the story itself. Maybe it's lost in translation (I'm reading this in russian), but I didn't get the humor.
Not for me, unfortunately:/
I enjoyed tv-adaptation (season 1 at least, before all the drama about producers), but this book was so hard to get through. I read at least 100 pages and don't care about any of characters or the story itself. Maybe it's lost in translation (I'm reading this in russian), but I didn't get the humor.
Not for me, unfortunately:/
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was mostly just reading this and making the face from the meme that goes "????" Because the jumping plot was a bit much for my little brain. Usually I'm ok with some time travel but Douglas Adams just throws a person into it. For instance, he introduces a character that is clearly not like the others, it has a different style of name and different type of 3rd person perspective. But it took me half the book to figure out what that character was. I've never read a Douglas Adams book so I wouldn't know if this is normal or just a one-off. However, the titular character is charming in a silly sort of way. Like a really fucked up Miss Marple.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder
Extremely odd and refreshingly unexpected. And funny, of course.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Regarding the BBC full-cast dramatisation: absolutely perfect