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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
A fun little romp, as always. I missed Zaphod and Marvin.
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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
This one took a turn. đŸ˜‚
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death
Minor: Gore, Gun violence, War
I think the trouble with this series is that, for a decade at least, I've been told how fantastic HGTTG is. So funny, witty, intelligent. 42! Get your towel!
And....
It just doesn't do it for me.
Maybe I just don't get it. That happens a lot with me, I'm kind of dense. Is there a cliffs notes version somewhere?
There were some laugh out loud moments in each book, including this one. Douglas Adams is really a very funny writer. And Martin Freeman is a dream as narrator. I would listen to anything he narrated.
Overall, I give the entire series 3 stars. Confusing and ultimately disappointing.
And....
It just doesn't do it for me.
Maybe I just don't get it. That happens a lot with me, I'm kind of dense. Is there a cliffs notes version somewhere?
There were some laugh out loud moments in each book, including this one. Douglas Adams is really a very funny writer. And Martin Freeman is a dream as narrator. I would listen to anything he narrated.
Overall, I give the entire series 3 stars. Confusing and ultimately disappointing.
I first remember reading this book round about when it came out. If I am honest, I remember thinking it was plotless and uninteresting, and I was not looking forward to rereading it at all.
And actually Ioved it. I think it's almost up there with the first two books, but what I also love about it is that fact that there is a plot, something that was sorely missing from So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
I don't want to give away any spoilers, but it is also the perfect way to end the series. I don't known whether to count the non Adams sixth book as a proper Hitchhikers book or not as I have not read it, but if this is the final proper book in the series, it finishes with the event that started the first, and in so doing, explains where the Earth in So Long came from.
These books are not long so series is worth reading in one go. The ending upset me when I first read it, but it brings the story full circle and does have a wonderful sense of finality about it, and it ties up plot threads from the previous three books that I had not realised, until I reread this, needed tying up.
Read it, shed a tear, then hope And Another Thing does not spoil it all!
16.4.23 I broadly agree with all of that. There are about 70 pages in the middle where I wondered where it was all going, but it ends kind of as the series begin, only instead of the Earth being demolished, the final possibility of Earth is destroyed. In book one, our Earth is gone. Demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. In this, the final parallel Earth is finally destroyed. It’s bleak but it’s brilliant. And like last time, I am now debating on whether or not I should read And Another Thing…. I will mull it over.
And actually Ioved it. I think it's almost up there with the first two books, but what I also love about it is that fact that there is a plot, something that was sorely missing from So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
I don't want to give away any spoilers, but it is also the perfect way to end the series. I don't known whether to count the non Adams sixth book as a proper Hitchhikers book or not as I have not read it, but if this is the final proper book in the series, it finishes with the event that started the first, and in so doing, explains where the Earth in So Long came from.
These books are not long so series is worth reading in one go. The ending upset me when I first read it, but it brings the story full circle and does have a wonderful sense of finality about it, and it ties up plot threads from the previous three books that I had not realised, until I reread this, needed tying up.
Read it, shed a tear, then hope And Another Thing does not spoil it all!
16.4.23 I broadly agree with all of that. There are about 70 pages in the middle where I wondered where it was all going, but it ends kind of as the series begin, only instead of the Earth being demolished, the final possibility of Earth is destroyed. In book one, our Earth is gone. Demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. In this, the final parallel Earth is finally destroyed. It’s bleak but it’s brilliant. And like last time, I am now debating on whether or not I should read And Another Thing…. I will mull it over.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Last in the series: Mostly harmless is the proper ending to Arthur Dent’s saga: funny, ridiculous yet current
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked this book. I was a little worried about it after nr 4 of the series but it really tied the story together. Still using the whimsical writing style of Douglas Adams.
Two stars due to how much I hated the ending. So disappointed.