Well ladies and gents — we finally made it! Read this little by little for the past year, and am so grateful I broke it up like this.

ABSOLUTELY what I was looking for. This edition contains all five of the Douglas Adams’ novels in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. My dad has always been a big fan of Adams, and we loved the movie. I’m so surprised I’ve never read it before!

The humor is perfectly paced — I think this is the first book(s?) I’ve audibly laughed out loud to consistently. Whether the punchline is built up throughout a chapter, or the entire novel, chances were that it was was hysterical. The world building is single-handedly one of the most impressive I’ve seen, and I fell in love with this sense of storytelling.

This very well may be my favorite book series. The universe is a joke — and that’s not a bad thing at all.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: ★★★★★
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: ★★★★★
Life, the Universe, and Everything: ★★★★
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: ★★★★
Young Zaphod Plays it Safe: ★★★
Mostly Harmless: ★★★★

I read the first book in this series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a few years ago, but at the time I was in sort of an on-again, off-again relationship with reading so I didn’t finish the series. After some disappointing reads this year, I wanted something I knew for a fact wouldn’t let me down. I reread the first book to refresh my memory, and this time I read the rest of the series without stopping.

This series is a wild ride in all the best possible ways. It’s hilarious, it’s wacky, it’s absurd, it’s very British, and it’s so much fun. Douglas Adams reels you in from the very beginning and keeps you hooked until the very end. The hits just keep on coming: Whereas most books contain, at most, a handful of truly memorable lines, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series boasts at least a handful of truly memorable lines in every chapter. If I’d read this series in ebook form, it would have more highlights than the rest of my Kindle library combined.

This series is filled with witty dialogue between memorable characters with distinct personalities. Even the most minor characters left an impression and contributed something valuable to the story. In his narration, Adams goes off on amusing tangents that add to both the entertainment value and the worldbuilding. Usually this writing style would grate on my nerves because it distracts from the plot and impedes a story’s forward momentum, but for some reason, when Adams does it, it just works.

I’m not sure what exactly it was about the last three books that didn’t quite do it for me in the same way the first two did. I think it came down to a series of minor complaints: parts of their plots dragged, or they focused too much on characters I didn’t care for, or certain plot points confused me, or there wasn’t enough character interaction. I’ll also admit that I got a bit fatigued reading over 800 pages.

I have one final complaint that was consistent throughout the series. I’m just generally underwhelmed by science fiction that depicts the entire galaxy/universe as just as patriarchal and heteronormative as the planet Earth. It’s boring and unimaginative. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the male to female character ratio was abysmal, none of the few female characters were anywhere near as well-developed as their male counterparts, and their personalities and character arcs almost entirely revolved around men.

- whew!! kept me singing that old song that goes ♫♪"i just can't get enough!" ♫♪