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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
The writing here is sublime, more so than the Hitchhiker's books, in my opinion. The end is convoluted - a bit too much so, I think.
Interesting stuff, and quite funny, but just doesn't match up to Hitchhiikers...
A mostly interesting story but I found it not as funny as expected (or maybe the humor just was not my cup of tea). I will probably have to read the next in this series as this one really did not have a satisfying ending...
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm not sure how much of this book I actually 'read' considering that the audiobook I rented was actually an audio presentation more in the line of a radio play. Nevertheless enjoyable, as Douglas Adams always is.
The book took a really long time to get going, but as soon as Dirk came in, it was extremely funny and page-turning!
I think I prefer the Dirk Gently books to the Hitch-hikers ones. The later tend to have more jokes per page but these are more coherent stories. Of the two I prefer Tea-time of the Soul but this is good too. Very readable and an easy style. Easy to forget how smart Adams was.
The classic, beloved, brilliant, wacky Douglas Adams, with his penchant for paradoxes and meaningful nonsense and his totally absurd humor. It would be hard for me to chose what I loved most from this book, but I think it was the decision-making program that allows you to justify practically any outcome by back-tracing from the desired result - that could come quite handy, no?
But apart from all this, the book is quite well thought out, with a self-consistent detective story and an imaginitive and complex plot.
Douglas Adams never disappoints.
But apart from all this, the book is quite well thought out, with a self-consistent detective story and an imaginitive and complex plot.
Douglas Adams never disappoints.
One of my favorites, there's nothing better, funnier, or more thought provoking than Douglas Adams at his best, and this is one of the best. Over the years, this has become one of my go-to books when I'm not at my best, because this book never fails to improve my mood.
On a side note, as I watch a lot of older Doctor Who episodes where Adams was the script editor or writer, you can see the genesis of a lot of the ideas in this book taking shape during the Fourth Doctor era.
On a side note, as I watch a lot of older Doctor Who episodes where Adams was the script editor or writer, you can see the genesis of a lot of the ideas in this book taking shape during the Fourth Doctor era.
I'd like to say that the only reason I read this this quickly was because I listened to the audiobook