Rating: Summary: NICE & FUNNY Review: I loved this book because it's kind of freaky and strange but also focused and, well, funny. Sometimes the book got really REALLY weird but still somehow logic in his special way. The book is recommended to all the fantasy lovers who like good british humor and a little bit Scandinavian mythology.READ IT!!!
Rating: Summary: DO pick it up, pick it up, pick i- Review: This, I believe, is one of the funniest books I have ever read. I think this may indeed rival Hitchhikers Guide. The style of humor is definitely different, so if you're expecting the same kind of thing, then you may be a bit let down. However, the more earthbound (or Asgard-bound) humor pulls you in. After a while, Adams goes on to throw the characters into some very strange situations, and the result is almost always hilarious (sometimes in a sick kinda way). Plus, if you read the book, then the heading to my review will make sense.
Rating: Summary: I have read Review: many of douglas adams' works (the entire hitchhiker's saga and the dirk gently novels). this is not one of his best works, but definitely worth reading. if you want an introduction to douglas adams, i would recommend starting with the "hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" rather than this one. if you are already a douglas adams fan, you will want to read this one.
Rating: Summary: One of Adams's Best books yet Review: This book is outragously funny, the slightly confusing story line is worth the jokes, It becomes hard only near the end so there is no complain about that. But this book can get one intrersted.
Rating: Summary: men in white coats Review: Whatever you do, do not read this book in public; you could get taken away by two men in white coats who did not realize the fit you are having is just uncontollable laughter.
Rating: Summary: Pleasantly Surprising Review: I just started my Literature AP class, so i dont claim to know everything about good literature. But if your in the same boat as me, then you can trust me. Very confusing book, which is all part of the fun! Think about the title for a second, well, the title explain exactly what your in for when you read this book (except my tea-time wasnt too dark) The munedaness (if thats a word) of life, and how us humans take it for granted. Things like resting peacefully under linen sheets, or casually attending parties, these things are what make a person happy, and maybe a god too.... Very intelligent reading, i wouldnt sugest it for 2nd graders :)
Rating: Summary: Brilliant, once again Review: This is humor as only Mr. Adams would do it- good thing, because his brand of laughs is the best sort. It's not of the same tone of the Hitchhiker's series, but IMHO, I was a bit relieved at the what I found here, which was more sophisticated wit. Still, Adams hasn't lost his ability to make the most mundane things amusing (pizza...penguins...refrigerators) and all of the characters are, of course, delightfully quirky. They also seem to be intelligent and not left to the hands of Fate quite so much as Arthur and his gang. My point- read this, whether you're a new Adams fan or an age-old one. You won't be disappointed. You may even be pleasantly surprised.
Rating: Summary: Some people just don't get it! Review: I see so many reviews here about how this can't compare to HHGTTG or how the DGHDA books are just too confusing. They just don't seem to understand the sublime humor, complexity, and beauty wrought in these books. Its not the anything-for-laughs absurdity of the HHGTTG series; It tries to acheive a higher plane in humor. This book, spared the somewhat sluggish intro of its previous, works so well. The journey will bewilder you, but hang in and it'll start making sense. A masterpiece! Please, DNA, don't listen to all the whiners wishing for another quick-and-easy book in the HHGTTG series; That horse is long dead, so quit beating it. Continue on producing better books; Don't be dissuaded by the naysayers who can't let go of the past...
Rating: Summary: As good as the Hitchiker Trilogy Review: This book, like most of Adams' books, is one of the best ever written. Especially funny were the pizza problem and the whole ordeal with Holistic Detective Dirk Gently's fridge lurking about.
Rating: Summary: More Great Humor from Adams Review: For fans of his Hitchhiker series, you won't be disappointed! Laugh out loud funny with a twist of science fiction. Something here for everyone. Buy this book or you will never know what is...Douglas Adams.
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