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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
It was witty and funny an unexpected and while I think (much like Dirk Gently #1) it would be better on audio book this book was way easier to read than the first book. It's hard for me to review this book without directly comparing it to the first novel as a lot of the things that bugged me about the first one were fixed in this book, which only made me love it more.
hilarious! and pure Adams humour- expanded to include the Norse Gods- whom I found endearing.
I still dont know what happened at the ending- I thought I had skipped a few pages or so - but it was just a rushed ending. That still didnt take away from the pleasure of reading this book.
I still dont know what happened at the ending- I thought I had skipped a few pages or so - but it was just a rushed ending. That still didnt take away from the pleasure of reading this book.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
That was fun! I found the bringing of all these elements together to be unusual and, well, fun.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Well, that was different.
I wanted to read something a little more humorous than what I've been reading lately, and I do love Douglas Adams. There were moments in this book where I was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down my face. "Oh, ah," being a prime example.
This book came across my radar in about 1990 when Adams was doing a signing at Chaucer's Books in Madison WI (where I was a grad student). A friend of mine and I went to the signing and she asked him about the title--I was only familiar with the Hitchhiker's stuff at that point, which I had been first introduced to at a summer program at IU (Bloomington) in 1982, I believe. I had the audio cassettes of Hitchhiker's and since I took lots of road trips in those days, between Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (where my boyfriend was from) I probably listened to the Hitchhiker's on tape a dozen times or more and never got tired of it. We still toss random quotes from the audiocassettes at one another.
So Dirk Gently was less of a presence in our lives, but we knew of this character too, and I introduced him to one of our kids a few years ago when the TV show came along. She then read this old copy of The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, which we still had on our shelves. But I hadn't ever read it, or if I had I had forgotten the storyline.
So it was good to pull out this book and read it, because I wanted a funny read, but I guess my tastes have changed? I felt like I saw Douglas Adams intruding into the story again and again, like I was listening to him talk, and that made me tend to glaze out a bit. This book turned out to be work for me, to pay attention so I would not miss all the clever bits.
I didn't want a book that required work to enjoy--I wanted to read something funny. This book is funny, but I really had to work to get all the cleverness within (and I didn't.)
Still, there were those occasional tears-streaming-down-the-face moments of hilarity and I did very much appreciate Adams' signature irreverence. I debated giving this read four stars, and then I realized that I could as easily give it one, and suddenly three felt right. Three contented stars.
I wanted to read something a little more humorous than what I've been reading lately, and I do love Douglas Adams. There were moments in this book where I was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down my face. "Oh, ah," being a prime example.
This book came across my radar in about 1990 when Adams was doing a signing at Chaucer's Books in Madison WI (where I was a grad student). A friend of mine and I went to the signing and she asked him about the title--I was only familiar with the Hitchhiker's stuff at that point, which I had been first introduced to at a summer program at IU (Bloomington) in 1982, I believe. I had the audio cassettes of Hitchhiker's and since I took lots of road trips in those days, between Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (where my boyfriend was from) I probably listened to the Hitchhiker's on tape a dozen times or more and never got tired of it. We still toss random quotes from the audiocassettes at one another.
So Dirk Gently was less of a presence in our lives, but we knew of this character too, and I introduced him to one of our kids a few years ago when the TV show came along. She then read this old copy of The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, which we still had on our shelves. But I hadn't ever read it, or if I had I had forgotten the storyline.
So it was good to pull out this book and read it, because I wanted a funny read, but I guess my tastes have changed? I felt like I saw Douglas Adams intruding into the story again and again, like I was listening to him talk, and that made me tend to glaze out a bit. This book turned out to be work for me, to pay attention so I would not miss all the clever bits.
I didn't want a book that required work to enjoy--I wanted to read something funny. This book is funny, but I really had to work to get all the cleverness within (and I didn't.)
Still, there were those occasional tears-streaming-down-the-face moments of hilarity and I did very much appreciate Adams' signature irreverence. I debated giving this read four stars, and then I realized that I could as easily give it one, and suddenly three felt right. Three contented stars.
1. baskıda belli hatalar var. Her zaman olduğu gibi yayınevine bildirildi. Gelecek baskılar daha iyi olacaktır :)
