This was a super fun ride. I wasn't a huge fan of the first book when I originally read it. But I am glad I finally went back and read the whole thing.

এরকম কিছু আগে কখনো পড়িনি, ভবিষ্যতেও কখনো আর পড়া হবে কিনা জানি না। সায়েন্সফিকশন আর হিউমারের এক অনন্যসাধারণ মিশ্রণ। ভাষাটা এককথায় দুদার্ন্ত, এমনসব ইউনিক আর ইন্টারেস্টিং সব কনসেপ্ট যে পড়তে পড়তে অবাক হই তো বটেই এমনকি পড়া শেষ করার পরেও মনে পড়লে হাসি এসে যায়। হিউমারের পিছনেও বইয়ের ম্যাসেজ বেশকিছু জায়গায় অনেক গভীর।

It was a horrible, uninteresting, and confusing book where it would lead you into a world of nonsense and chaos. First of all, there was no point to it. The characters lacked any sophistication and were outright stupid. Some people may consider it funny, but I was not one of them. From page one, I wanted it to simply end. Not because I would go on a trip of glory and fun, but because it was just lacking any interest. It wasn't something that pulled the reader in and kept them excited throughout the book, eager to know more. The jokes didn't make any sense. The characters didn't make any sense. Even the whole plot had no point to it! I really regret picking up this book (since page one). I thought maybe I needed to read a bit more to get into it, but big mistake. It just went further downhill. Personally, I didn't like it and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. But hey, if you want to go for it, try it out, and maybe you'll like this style of book, but I certainly didn't. If this was your summer reading book like it was mine, I would suggest to SparkNote it and rather use your time to read a better book.

Book 1: 5*
Book 2: 5*
Book 3: 5*
Book 4: 4*
Young Zaphod: 3*
Book 5: There’s a book 5?

It’s been 6 months since I started this with the intention of re-reading books 1-4 and reading YZ and Book 5 for the first time.

This was the first time I’ve ever done a proper re-read, and to be honest I didn’t find it to be a super compelling all the way through and with how little I like what I’ve read of Mostly Harmless I’m just going to throw in the towel. Maybe I’ll give MH another try at some point, but for the time being I’m done with Hitchhikers.

My rating for Book 1 was a resounding 5 stars. Things got much worse from there, but I would still recommend people read the first book because it is so good. In fact, it is the only book that I would recommend. Someday I'll tell my children, "Just read Book 1 even if you feel like the story doesn't have a definitive conclusion. Reading the next four books in the series doesn't give the story a conclusion anyway, so save yourself some time."

The first book is so strong that I'll give this collection a 3-star rating even though I hope to never read four of the books in this collection again.

Now that I have finished the 5 books in the “Hitchhiker's” series (written by Douglas Adams), here is how I would rank them (from best to worst):

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

3. So Long, and Thank for All the Fish

4. Mostly Harmless

5. Life, the Universe, and Everything

Wow. By far my least enjoyed books of this year.
To sum it up:
-Though it was science fiction and had some interesting details, those details often went off on tangents, leaving me confused and constantly wondering what was going on.
- The author's delivery, in my opinion, was pretty poorly done. Everything was in a jumble, and I would have appreciated the information given more if it was delivered in a simple, composed way.
- Hitting upon the first note, it seemed as though the book did not stay on one event or character for a while, except in the beginning, where the spent a fair amount of time introducing the main characters.
Overall, I would not recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick read, or science fiction, for that matter.

I am a huge fan of this series because:

1. The writing style is hands down amazing
2. This is a satire in science fiction's clothing
3. The plot is highly original and unpredictable
4. The author's creativity is remarkable
5. Pretty much every page has at least one quote
6. It is a fun, light read that touches on deep subjects
7. It features one of my favourite robot characters (Marvin)
8. Oh, and it is hilarious

I love this series so much that I dedicated my 42nd blog post to Douglas Adams.

I recommend this series to everyone I know. Seriously, I could shout about it from rooftops (i.e., if I ever drop my book/laptop/kindle, get up from my couch and venture out to the rooftop).

One of the funniest and uplifting books I`ve ever read.

One of my all time favorites! It's unique and hilarious, simply unputdownable!

Having read this book I now know the answer to the universes, lifes big question. The answer is 42! However, it's not really the answer that is important. It's the question. ;)
Actual rating; 3.5, only because this is a collection of 5 novellas and a couple of them dragged a little for me.

The story is intricate, and beautifully woven, involving inter/intra galactic worlds, employing science and of course probability.
This sci-fi book takes some of the major metaphysics questions (or at times put some, if deeply thought, in its own way) - pertaining to cosmology, universe, epistemology in a humour, which is imaginative, innovative, and illuminating on the subject. Right from addressing philosophical questions to attending idiosyncrasies of each character to the description of each one of them - in books lingua - is humorous, very humorous, really humorous, humorously humorous.
I have always enjoyed Doulas Adams' playful use or misuse of our language.
Surrealiously folks, you have to read it to believe it. And you won't believe it!

Awesome in every way. I read this at least once a year.