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lesserjoke's review against another edition
2.0
This final Hitchhiker's book is, unfortunately, mostly toothless. It skates by on some borrowed goodwill from earlier in the series, but it also abandons numerous plots, concepts, and figures that really deserved a proper send-off of their own. And the storyline that replaces them is both threadbare and heavily reliant on parallel universes as a shorthand for character development. It's Douglas Adams, so there are definitely some funny individual passages throughout, but it just doesn't feel like the author's heart was still in it at this point.
laurathompson's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
maryellen's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
jacobkolk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
jem_of_the_brew's review against another edition
4.0
Douglas Adams is equal among my favourite authors, he is offbeat, erudite, ridiculous, and possesses the widest and silliest imagination I have found. His brand of humour matches mine so exactly that this is one of the few books (and series) that I have read multiple times and enjoyed every single time. This series also happily accompanies the Red Dwarf books by Grant & Naylor.
essoen's review against another edition
3.0
Fun and entertaining like the others, but the ending is really disappointing.