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nerdyreferencelibrarian89 's review for:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
I listened to this on audio, and the narrator was amazing!
Despite that, I couldn't finish the book, I got a little over halfway thru and found I didn't care.
The book starts off sort of interesting; however, after the first few chapters you have basically gotten what the series seemed to be about, which is pointing out the absurdity in human interactions, cultures, and society, by using aliens to take those absurd things to the furthest point.
There didn't seem to be really a central plot, instead it is just about the two main characters bouncing around meeting weird aliens, and finding out how ridiculous they are.
The quirky observations and interactions was amusing at first, but I kept tuning out after 1/5th of the book.
I gave this a 2 star, as I didn't hate the story, and actually found the beginning amusing, but saw no reason to finish it, since it wasn't going anywhere.
This reminded me a lot of the Phantom Tollbooth, it is absurd in a funny way, it uses quirky characters and beings to make draw comparison to human culture, and it is more about bouncing around and meeting these quirky characters, rather then anything solid happening as a central plot.
If quirky characters, humor, and a very, VERY loose plot are your thing give this a try, otherwise I would say read like the first 2-3 chapters and you are fine.
Despite that, I couldn't finish the book, I got a little over halfway thru and found I didn't care.
The book starts off sort of interesting; however, after the first few chapters you have basically gotten what the series seemed to be about, which is pointing out the absurdity in human interactions, cultures, and society, by using aliens to take those absurd things to the furthest point.
There didn't seem to be really a central plot, instead it is just about the two main characters bouncing around meeting weird aliens, and finding out how ridiculous they are.
The quirky observations and interactions was amusing at first, but I kept tuning out after 1/5th of the book.
I gave this a 2 star, as I didn't hate the story, and actually found the beginning amusing, but saw no reason to finish it, since it wasn't going anywhere.
This reminded me a lot of the Phantom Tollbooth, it is absurd in a funny way, it uses quirky characters and beings to make draw comparison to human culture, and it is more about bouncing around and meeting these quirky characters, rather then anything solid happening as a central plot.
If quirky characters, humor, and a very, VERY loose plot are your thing give this a try, otherwise I would say read like the first 2-3 chapters and you are fine.