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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love the Hitchhiker's Trilogy, but the way Adams ends it is like he is just tired of it all and doesn't want to even think about it again. When it ends, you know it is over. This one also seems like he was struggling with the story.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
In The Whole Sort of General Mish Mash (WSOGMM) of things, I liked Mostly Harmless.
It wasn't the strongest book in the series, and I do feel it left it feeling a little incomplete despite the Stavro Mueller Beta finality of it all.
I would've liked to get to know Random a little more and see Ford Prefect reclaim the glory of the guide and not let the corporatists and Vogons (one in the same) win. Or the Earth-linked sausages get thrown off the grill entirely.
I was hoping also to see some references to Fenchurch.
Arthur refences an event in the book being the worst day of his life "except when Earth was destroyed". I will have to revisit 'So Long' as I think losing your soulmate in a hyper space jump would be somewhat... sad? But maybe he doesn't remember. DA puts so many small details into his books, sometimes I forget when a thing is mentioned like that.
I do plan to read Eoin Colfer's 6th book, but saying goodbye to the core of the series is a little hard on my heart. To quote Mostly Harmless: “Life will be a very great deal less weird without you!”
It wasn't the strongest book in the series, and I do feel it left it feeling a little incomplete despite the Stavro Mueller Beta finality of it all.
I would've liked to get to know Random a little more and see Ford Prefect reclaim the glory of the guide and not let the corporatists and Vogons (one in the same) win. Or the Earth-linked sausages get thrown off the grill entirely.
I was hoping also to see some references to Fenchurch.
Arthur refences an event in the book being the worst day of his life "except when Earth was destroyed". I will have to revisit 'So Long' as I think losing your soulmate in a hyper space jump would be somewhat... sad? But maybe he doesn't remember. DA puts so many small details into his books, sometimes I forget when a thing is mentioned like that.
I do plan to read Eoin Colfer's 6th book, but saying goodbye to the core of the series is a little hard on my heart. To quote Mostly Harmless: “Life will be a very great deal less weird without you!”
Hmmm..."Mostly Harmless" wasn't a bad book, but it really did not fit in with the rest of the series. There were several great ideas that Adams had, but didn't really follow through with. The ending was also extremely depressing. As I said, it wasn't bad but the tone was so drastically different than the rest of the series which was extremely jarring.
The sandwich maker
Searching for a place to fit
Inevitable
Searching for a place to fit
Inevitable
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
Thank God I've finished this series, I don’t know why I am carrying on with this series, my hope was this book would make sense and have an actual ending. I’m still so confused, I don’t get it. It ended on a cliffhanger, and I’m lost.
This book is about Arthur Dent, and he hadn’t had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up. After years of galactic wanderings, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a sandwich maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There’s nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe. After all, he’s encountered most of them before.
As mentioned in my previous reviews, I was so confused for the majority of this book. There was a lot of space stuff and there wasn’t a distinct storyline, it was just all over the place. If you ask me tomorrow what this book was, I couldn’t tell you. I generally don’t know what I've just read. The introduction of new characters including Arthur’s daughter in the last book just wasn’t needed. It felt like a children’s book where I didn’t get the joke. I still don’t get the joke. I missed the British humour and would just like that back. I still don’t know if Earth survived or if Arthur survived.
I understood Arthur wanted to find his home and would have loved that to have been the main storyline. Now, I am a girlie who loves multiple POV, but the random switches of characters confused. I would have loved for it to have been from Arthur POV only. If it was only based on Arthur finding out about his daughter and getting to know his daughter, that would have been great, but I just felt like this book was all over the place.
This was a disappointing series, and I should really learn to stop reading a series when I don’t enjoy the first book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death
Minor: Gore, Gun violence, War
funny
lighthearted
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
funny