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isabelleax 's review for:
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Douglas Adams
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first Dirk Gently books.
I loved the inclusion of Norse mythology (we stan mythology), and I loved the penguin dream and whale tangent even more. But similarly to the main issue I had with the first Dirk book, when reading it it feels like a lot and nothing at all is happening at the same time. I don’t know how Douglas Adams does it, but it feels like 2 thirds of the book is a setup to the last few pages. Which yes, obviously it is because it’s a detective book, but it just feels monotonous in a way? Even with the quirky writing.
I don’t know, it’s as difficult to explain my feelings of this book as it is to explain the plot. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I wanted to. Because I really do love Dirk and the entire concept of a holistic detective (holistic approaches <3), just not the way this book was written, which is a little weird since I do like Adams’ way of writing usually.
I loved the inclusion of Norse mythology (we stan mythology), and I loved the penguin dream and whale tangent even more. But similarly to the main issue I had with the first Dirk book, when reading it it feels like a lot and nothing at all is happening at the same time. I don’t know how Douglas Adams does it, but it feels like 2 thirds of the book is a setup to the last few pages. Which yes, obviously it is because it’s a detective book, but it just feels monotonous in a way? Even with the quirky writing.
I don’t know, it’s as difficult to explain my feelings of this book as it is to explain the plot. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I wanted to. Because I really do love Dirk and the entire concept of a holistic detective (holistic approaches <3), just not the way this book was written, which is a little weird since I do like Adams’ way of writing usually.