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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

31 reviews

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

Very adventurous and at times, laugh-out-loud hilarious. You won't find a whole lot of substance here, but a book like this doesn't need it.

For what it does, it does very well.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Medical content, Genocide, Alcohol, and Violence

prashiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

"Earth: Mostly Harmless"

The Earth is destroyed and Ford escapes just in time with his friend Arthur. They encounter many kinds of adventures and life-threatening situations. Arthur also along the way learns more about the Universe and Earth. 

From the very first page I was captivated by the author's humour and satire and continued to be so until the end of the book. All the characters were very interesting and quirky. We have, for example, Ford who does not understand sarcasm which makes his interactions with Arthur very enjoyable. There were also some things that were so ridiculously funny that I laughed out loud and at the same time it makes one think about life. 

Definitely a nice book which is also easy to read, even for readers who normally don't read science fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Animal death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gore and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Confinement, and War

One character (a robot) has depression.

reptilinius's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Genocide

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Suicide and Police brutality

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

A classic of British science fiction, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy follows Arthur Dent, a normal English man who is the sole survivor of Earth after it is instantly demolished to make way for an intergalactic freeway. His journey takes him to space ships (properly owned and stolen), terrible poetry recitals, and a planet shrouded in myth that manufactures planets. Along the way, he learns absolutely wacky (and generally useless) information about the cosmos, meets a depressed robot, and discovers the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Genocide, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Police brutality, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Misogyny, and War

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Death

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Deportation, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Genocide, Body horror, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Alcohol, Ableism, Death of parent, Excrement, Murder, and Sexual content

lydia_harrisx's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

Minor: War, Police brutality, and Suicide

zams's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

A very fast paced and funny adventure that absuletely kept me entertained throughout the 5,5 hours of this audiobook.
Sometimes I got lost in some passages that I might have just re-read but couldn't because of the format I got it in, but that only happened 2-3 times throughout the whole book and sometimes even cleared up later on, but that's totally on me and not the book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Torture, and Genocide

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Suicide

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

adventurous funny

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide