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Enjoyable, but much more simplistic than the first book. Plenty of laugh out loud moments. But there are aspects of the way it ended that left me a little unsatisfied and confused... certain events and characters felt unaddressed and abandoned.
The book begins with an airline counter mysteriously exploding in fire. Then we switch to Dirk gently who has been hired to protect a songwriter from a green creature armed with a scythe. Unfortunately Dirk arrives too late and finds the songwriter has been beheaded. Eventually the two stories end up connecting with the help of some Norse mythology. I like Douglas Adams writing style> there were parts of this book that were funny but it isn't one of my favorites of his.
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Aug 09, 2008
Jessica
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Adams is a great British humorist, and this is typically bizarre for him - nothing quite makes any sense, but the sheer randomness of it all will have you giggling.
Sep 06, 2008
Randi Rue
marked it as to-read
Aug 20, 2009
Vesra (When She Reads)
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Mar 15, 2010
Kimberly
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Jul 05, 2011
MichelleCH
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Jan 17, 2013
Dana Arbelaez
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Apr 13, 2015
Micha
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Jun 28, 2018
Terri
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Nov 18, 2018
Ann
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