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The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide
by Douglas Adams
Honestly, I can't remember why it was so difficult for me to pick this book up before. The humor is delightful. The dialogue is so twisty and absurd, but strangely, it all makes sense. Above all else, I now know that the the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life is 42.
Update: Having now finished the second book, I have a better grasp on the plot. Not much happens, however, and at times the words muddle together and sometimes, I found myself skimming pages. The characters do a lot of wandering, and it certainly feels like nothing’s been achieved.
With all that said, though, I’m still enjoying this saga. Douglas Adams has so many good quotes!
Another update: I’ve now finished the third book, and I’m highly disappointed that the Earth hasn’t been magically recovered via some timeline intervention.
On the surface, you’d get a headache reading through the pages and trying to keep track of just what’s happening. It seems that the characters aren’t really doing anything, and in the end, Arthur ends up saving the world from a supercomputer struggling to fulfill its purpose and robots from the planet of Krikkit (which sounds like Cricket, now that I’m writing this).
However, Arthur still can’t memorize those complicated alien names and he still doesn’t know the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question.
With the fourth book tucked away, I can finally give a proper review. Overall, this book is good. It’s humorous and, as strange as this may be, it feels distinctly British. The characters are hilarious - my favorite is that paranoid depressed robot Marvin who got a somewhat happy ending.
The only complaint I have, and the reason for the four stars, is that there are times where I don’t know what’s happening. This is usually due to the distracting interludes that are injected into the scene. These interludes rip you away from the story, and then that story suddenly jumps locations, leaving you to wonder when those characters made that leap. As an example, Arthur jumps from a ship to a Cathedral of Hate, and then he bumps into everyone in a party on a cloud. It felt like my book was missing pages.
Update: Having now finished the second book, I have a better grasp on the plot. Not much happens, however, and at times the words muddle together and sometimes, I found myself skimming pages. The characters do a lot of wandering, and it certainly feels like nothing’s been achieved.
With all that said, though, I’m still enjoying this saga. Douglas Adams has so many good quotes!
Another update: I’ve now finished the third book, and I’m highly disappointed that the Earth hasn’t been magically recovered via some timeline intervention.
On the surface, you’d get a headache reading through the pages and trying to keep track of just what’s happening. It seems that the characters aren’t really doing anything, and in the end, Arthur ends up saving the world from a supercomputer struggling to fulfill its purpose and robots from the planet of Krikkit (which sounds like Cricket, now that I’m writing this).
However, Arthur still can’t memorize those complicated alien names and he still doesn’t know the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question.
With the fourth book tucked away, I can finally give a proper review. Overall, this book is good. It’s humorous and, as strange as this may be, it feels distinctly British. The characters are hilarious - my favorite is that paranoid depressed robot Marvin who got a somewhat happy ending.
The only complaint I have, and the reason for the four stars, is that there are times where I don’t know what’s happening. This is usually due to the distracting interludes that are injected into the scene. These interludes rip you away from the story, and then that story suddenly jumps locations, leaving you to wonder when those characters made that leap. As an example, Arthur jumps from a ship to a Cathedral of Hate, and then he bumps into everyone in a party on a cloud. It felt like my book was missing pages.