Reviews and Comments

Re-reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy really makes the seams of Adam's and-then story telling obvious. And then there's the answer to life, the universe and everything. And then there's a president. And then there's a depressed robot

Really don't quite understand why teenage me was so enamoured with this book

It's a fast read, it's somewhat witty and self aware, but the characters are largely dipshits unaware of the harm they are doing. It's definitely a book only a white man could have written, but at the same time I don't hate it.

Eeh, it's an odd book

Tales a bit to get into, but then a gripping read. I can see why it's a classic, but I wish the author had been less of an anthropologist, and less bioessentialist at a bunch of points. The main narrator is unfortunately misogynistic, and his narrative decisions and views get rarely challenged by the other narrators even tho it could very well have been