These books are not plot driven, and this is intentional. But for me is hard not to consider this as a negative.
First book and second book don't suffer from this problem, characters are strong, there is an overarching thread of inquiry about what is going on in the universe, all very enjoyable to follow.
Book three was ok.
The fourth books stands on its own. The story finally got closer to one character, and is mostly linear, yet an unsatisfactory explanation is given for the lack of continuance from the previous book's events.
The main plot is not at all original, yet it's still worth reading because Adam's wrote it. However there are original bits here and there in the classic style of Douglas Adams. I loved that the author addressed the the reader directly. Probably my favourite book of the collection. It was very interesting reading the foreward …
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ormai reviewed The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #0.5 - 5)
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4 stars
First book and second book don't suffer from this problem, characters are strong, there is an overarching thread of inquiry about what is going on in the universe, all very enjoyable to follow.
Book three was ok.
The fourth books stands on its own. The story finally got closer to one character, and is mostly linear, yet an unsatisfactory explanation is given for the lack of continuance from the previous book's events.
The main plot is not at all original, yet it's still worth reading because Adam's wrote it. However there are original bits here and there in the classic style of Douglas Adams. I loved that the author addressed the the reader directly. Probably my favourite book of the collection. It was very interesting reading the foreward explaining the situation in which was written, makes it more valuable to me.
In the fifth book the cozy situation produced from the previous book's plot is abruptly, and again unsatisfactorily, truncated.
The story starts with a character that is only mentioned only in passing in the previous book. This last book uses the narrative tool of multiple realities, which is ok in itself I guess, bit I didn't like.
The whole plot is completely unnecessary. Really liked the ending though, but the premise of jumbled up realities and plural sector doesn't hold.
The book is sprinkled by some genius standalone scenes that sometimes return, even if only mentioned. Overall a worth read.
ormai rated Rust Programming Language: 5 stars

Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols
The official book on the Rust programming language, written by the Rust development team at the Mozilla Foundation, fully updated …

F. Scott Fitzgerald: GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald : ( the Original Uncensored, Unabridged Edition a F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel ) (2021, Lulu Press, Inc.)
GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald : ( the Original Uncensored, Unabridged Edition a F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel ) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life …
ormai rated Design Patterns: 3 stars

Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Richard Helm, and 1 other (Addison-Wesley professional computing series)
Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and …
ormai rated Il tempo della guerra: 4 stars

Il tempo della guerra by Andrzej Sapkowski
Time of Contempt (Polish original title: Czas pogardy, early title was translated less literally as Time of Anger) is the …
ormai rated Il sangue degli elfi: 4 stars

Il sangue degli elfi by Andrzej Sapkowski
Watch for the signs! What signs these shall be, I say unto you: first the earth will flow with the …
ormai rated Il guardiano degli innocenti: 4 stars

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
ormai rated Il problema dei tre corpi: 5 stars

Il problema dei tre corpi by Liu Cixin
Nella Cina della Rivoluzione culturale, un progetto militare segreto invia segnali nello spazio cercando di contattare intelligenze aliene. E ci …
ormai rated Dalla stessa parte mi troverai: 5 stars

Dalla stessa parte mi troverai by Valentina Mira
Questa storia comincia una sera d’inverno, il 7 gennaio 1978. Davanti a una sede del Movimento sociale italiano nel quartiere …

X by Valentina Mira
X è un romanzo e una lettera. Valentina scrive al fratello con cui non parla da anni per raccontargli quello …
ormai rated How to read a book (A Touchstone Book): 2 stars

How to read a book (A Touchstone Book) by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, and 1 other
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ormai rated The Two Towers: 5 stars

The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings (2))
The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. …
ormai rated The lord of the rings: 5 stars

The lord of the rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME
The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths were searching for a hobbit. Frodo Baggins knew …





