The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the goofiest, most ridiculous book I’ve read in ages. Everyone raves about this book. They say it’s so funny. But I thought it was so lame.
It’s random to the point where random events, such as crashing into a sperm whale in outer space, stop being funny after the first event.
In this book, a young man named Arthur Dent leaves Earth with his friend and galaxy-born traveler Ford Prefect just before Earth experiences some type of apocalypse. In a nutshell, both men get picked up by a spaceship and encounter lots of random, weird events.
At the beginning of this book, before Earth “ended,” I thought the story would be lots of fun. But once Arthur and Ford were catapulted into outer space, the story just got nerdy and dumb. It’s super dorky. The only reason I stuck with the book is because it’s only 142 pages long. The only part I really enjoyed was the explanation into why dolphins and mice are apparently superior to the human race.
I didn’t like the movie featuring Sam Rockwell either. Oh well.
Douglas Adams has also written the Dirk Gently series:
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
- The Salmon of Doubt (1995)
If your opinions about this book are anything like mine, I’d love to hear them.
Last Updated on December 15, 2025 by Sarah Ann
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