A review by jedore
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

Well, THAT was weird. Definitely not my type, but I was curious because of its high rating here and its inclusion in 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die. While I can imagine others enjoying this book, I’m a little befuddled about it being on this list. Just goes to show you that, like beauty, lists are solely in the eyes of their beholders! 

The ending was so blunt and pointless I thought I had somehow gotten a bad Kindle version. After doing some Googling, I found out it’s because it’s a series…still poorly done, in my opinion.

I did laugh a few times. And, I’m the kind of reader who is still glad I read a book I didn’t really care for if I get some sort of insight…even if it’s just about popular culture. 

This book was (is) very popular. They even made a movie out of it (which I’m going to watch out purely out of curiosity). I respect that. It just wasn’t my thing.