Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

21 reviews

an_actual_floof's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

What a lovely novel <3 I’d been meaning to pick this up ever since my partner read it, and I’m very grateful I did. I love me some sci-fi that drones on in jargon I don’t quite follow, makes me feel like I’m in being let in on a joke while I smile and nod. That being said, it’s not too complicated or overwhelming that you get worked up over not understanding, you begin to build an accepting attitude towards it all, submitting to “yeah, that’s just the way things work, obviously”. The effortless twists in this story lead to a highly readable piece of work; even when it jumped around, it was easy to continue on without losing track of the story. Not even mentioning the endlessly amusing quips and character quirks that revealed themselves throughout the book, it was quite an enjoyable read. Even just halfway through the book, I had already ordered the sequel to come in the mail for me to continue :) ALL the character designs are just fabulous and they’ve stuck themselves in my mind, I’ll definitely be drawing them for the next little while

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol and Genocide

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

guessgreenleaf'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Violence, and Genocide

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

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

listette's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved listening to this because Stephen Fry knew exactly what he was doing. It was such a pleasure! 

The story itself is easy to follow along and the characters are hilarious! Especially Zaphod Beeblebrox is amazing and I love his self-centred self so much. 

Highly recommend this classic! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide

xandra_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Violence, Genocide, War, and Murder

beccajay's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide and Mental illness

Minor: War

_kael_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.75

Funny, random and simple. I think this is the first comedy genre-focused book I've read. I liked the random interconnected stories in between.

Spoiler

The sperm whale, ballpoint pens, the dolphins and the small dog. ❤️

My english isn't at the book's level, so there were some sentences I couldn't understand, but I just guess and I think I somewhat get the context. Other than that, the dictionary helps. Sci-fi and action aren't really my go to genres, but I still enjoyed it. A good read, anywhere anytime.
🐋🌺🌕🌌
🖊️🖋️🖊️
🐬⭕🐟🐟🐟
🚀🚀🚀🐕😋

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Suicide and Genocide

A depressed robot.