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Arthur Dent is having a bad day when he discovers his house is set to be demolished for an overpass. Things get worse when his friend Ford Prefect turns out to be an alien who rescues Arthur from Earth right before it's destroyed by the Vogons to make an intergalactic overpass. The book is funny and it lets you discover the meaning of life, the universe and everything. My husband owned the complete set of the hitchhikers books and I first read them the year after he died. I remembered parts of t
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A fun read that Doctor Who fans will especially enjoy.
The book's writing style is amusing enough to maintain interest in finishing it, but i found it difficult to find any real attachment to any of the characters; the plot seemed too fast paced and the ending was extremely abrupt! I get that the world being painted is quite far fetched and i admire the author's humorous style in drawing anologies to the real normal world, but i just couldnt keep up with the pace, and lost interest towards the end when i found myself rushing through it - luckily it
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I know this is a beloved early sci-fi book and I kept feeling bad that I did not love it. There were some fun ideas:the manically depressed robot, the guide on what is really a kindle, the big questions and the answer it took the computer 7 millions years to come up with. But I did not panic - because of Goodreads - I had more fun reading a ton of reviews - it is like I had a giant discussion about the book with a lot of people with differing opinions and different interpretations of the book.
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We hadn't made it 4 minutes into the book (listening with our kids) before hubby said to turn it off. :( I had always heard such good things about it.
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Funny in a Monty Python kind of way. I listened to it on audio at 1.75x speed and it was just right for carrying off the humor of this book.
2.5 Stars
Disappointing Read 2019
Disappointing Read 2019
Dec 04, 2012
Kent Winward
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Rebekah
marked it as to-read
