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A review by nathanjhunt
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
2.75
This was my 84th book finished in 2025.
So this book took me eight months to finish! That's the longest it's ever taken me to finish something. Having a Doctor Who background, I welcomed this warmly, but honestly I was underwhelmed.
The humour of this is lost 50-ish years later. The humour certainly reminds me of older sitcoms that I was raised on (I'm 30), but it just doesn't really translate years later. I feel a lot of people who read this years ago have fond nostalgia, but for a newer audience, it just doesn't hit the mark.
It was admittedly funny and witty in places, but it was all just a bit too random for me with a pretty unexciting plot.
So this book took me eight months to finish! That's the longest it's ever taken me to finish something. Having a Doctor Who background, I welcomed this warmly, but honestly I was underwhelmed.
The humour of this is lost 50-ish years later. The humour certainly reminds me of older sitcoms that I was raised on (I'm 30), but it just doesn't really translate years later. I feel a lot of people who read this years ago have fond nostalgia, but for a newer audience, it just doesn't hit the mark.
It was admittedly funny and witty in places, but it was all just a bit too random for me with a pretty unexciting plot.