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The first book made sense and I met my new love: Marvin the Paranoid Android. The second book "The restaurant at the end of the universe", made sense, sorta, kinda, but I can't explain why it made sense. Marvin was depressingly charming and I even had a small bout of depression in his honor. In this third installment, there is less of Marvin and more saving-the-universe type action. I constantly feel like Arthur Dent with all these things and new concepts being thrown at me from the lips of the author (he read the audiobook version) and I don't even know what to think, all I do is react to the story...maybe I should try flying and think about these stories at the crucial moment (this part will make sense if you read the book).

To sum it up, I liked the book and now I want a Marvin plush doll.

4.5

Sorry but this was absolute rubbish. I don't even know why I'm apologising to be honest. I do not apologise for this book being a load of crap. There.

I get a bit sick of reading all these 'iconic' books only to find that they are boring, long-winded and to be quite frank, a waste of my valuable reading time.

The first book, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was good fun. It was interesting, to the point and funny. Life, the Universe and Everything was not as good but still it was funny and you knew what was happening. With this drivel I didn't have a clue. The sentences were so long you forgot what it was meant to be explaining by the time you got to the end of it, and I had no idea what the hell was going on half the time. And I hate books like that. It seems that Adams has gone from weak to weak with these books, as if he has tried too hard to be funny and I am actually dreading the fourth book So Long, And Thanks for All the Fish.

Wow! Such a long time since I read this. While I probably didn't appreciate it as much this time as my teenage mind did, there were still some giggle & snort moments. "Eddies in the space-time continuum" "And this is his sofa, is it?" If anyone needed a good insulting, it's the completely befuddled Arthur. What? Destruction of the universe averted for the time being.

It pains me to give DNA less than 5 stars, but this should be seen purely as a reflection on the audio version.

As mentioned in the previous review (RATEOTU), Martin Freeman has a nasty habit of droning along between dialogue in the manner of Marvin; but even taking the rather good dialogue into account, he just ain't Stephen Fry.

Story 5, production 4.

“The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.”

I am not really sure what happened here but I came from loving the first two entries but this one just did not work the same way for me. It's still filled with wacky adventures and clever dialogue but while reading it I realized my enjoyment of it was a lot lower that I was expecting.

I think the formula Adams was following started showing cracks for me because the entire story seems to be built only to deliver funny lines while being completely nonsensical in every other conceivable way and at one point I just felt like I needed a bigger sense of direction and mission. Perhaps I was just at a different place when I was going through this novel.

تا اون وسطای داستان، این جلد رو ضعیف تر از جلد اول و دوم می‌دونستم، اما از نیمه یهو اوج گرفت و هیجان انگیز شد. مثل جلدهای قبل.
خلاصه این که من خیلی دوسش دارم. خیلی باحاله. مشتاقانه می‌ریم واسه جلد چهارم.

As always this parody of life made me smile and realise that life and the universe are basically a large joke. every time that i read this trilogy of 6, i feel better about life and how i am handling my placement in it.

Life, the Universe and Everything. Yes, the third book from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of five. It’s still great, though not as good as the previous two. But it’s still funny, it’s still weird, full of random moments popping out of nowhere and, bear with me, this is the most important thing of all, it’s still incredibly silly.

Alright, now that the book review is out of the way, let’s talk about the big elephant in the room. Yes, you know what I’m talking about. Even though I’m also quite certain that you haven’t read much (or anything) or heard much (or anything) about it until this moment. I even doubt that you’ve ever watched it before. It turned out to be the highlight of the book. And it’s somehow related to some kind of ashes. I know, it doesn’t really make any sense. Maybe you don’t really care for it. But it’s about to fill a major empty spot in your life. Of course, I’m talking about the greatest sport there is, ever was or ever will be. Not, it’s not football (or soccer, for you Americans). It’s also not basketball. American football? No one cares about that outside the US.

Yes, you got it right. It’s cricket.

If you’ve never heard of cricket, then google it. If you’ve never watched cricket, then go watch it on YouTube. I’m even half shocked, half surprised that the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything isn’t cricket. Or that the question isn’t about cricket. Well, to be honest, I’ve never played it or watched even five minutes of it. But it’s good. Or so they say. I don’t know. I hear it’s as boring as watching a fly flying around. I don’t really care for it. Or do I?

All I know is that it seems to be everywhere ever since I read this book.

It starts off a little slow but don’t worry it only gets better. Still weird. Still love it. Great satire.

Romanian review: Nu știu dacă de vină este faptul că a trecut mult timp de când am citit primele două volume, iar gusturile mele s-au schimbat, ori acest volum nu a fost la fel de bun ca celelalte. Dar, pur și simplu, nu mi-a plăcut la fel de mult ca primele două cărți.
Cartea a fost, cât de cât, amuzantă, umorul absurd, în genul Monty Python, este prezent și în acest volum, doar că de data aceasta glumele nu mai sunt la fel de reușite. De asemenea, acțiunea nu mai este la fel de interesantă, mă simt de parcă autorul și-a pierdut din inspirație.
Mi-a plăcut destul de mult această carte, dar parcă tot simt puțină dezamăgire, gândindu-mă la cât de mult mi-au plăcut ,,Ghidul Autostopistului Galactic'' și ,,Restaurantul de la Capătul Universului''. Sper ca volumul 4 să fie mai bun decât acesta.
În rest, nu am prea multe de spus. Aș adăuga că mi-au plăcut în special partea cu Agrajag, pe care Arthur reușea să-l ucidă în orice formă se reîncarna în urma unor coincidențe incredibile, și partea cu zborul, dar având în vedere că titlul cărții este ,,Viața, Universul și tot restul'', mă așteptam că vom afla mai multe despre Întrebarea Supremă, al cărei răspuns este 42.



English review: I'm not sure if it's because so much time has passed since I read the first two volumes and my tastes have changed, or if this volume just wasn't as strong as the others. But I simply didn’t enjoy it as much as the first two books.
The book was fairly amusing, and the absurd, Monty Python-style humor is still present, but this time the jokes don’t quite land as well. Also, the plot isn’t as engaging; it feels like the author’s inspiration may have faded a bit.
I did enjoy this book, but I can’t help feeling a little disappointed when I think about how much I loved "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy" and "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". I’m hoping the fourth volume will be better than this one.
Beyond that, there isn’t too much to add. I especially enjoyed the part with Agrajag, whom Arthur manages to kill in every reincarnation due to some incredible coincidences, and the section about flying. But considering that the title of the book is "Life, the Universe, and Everything", I was hoping we’d learn more about the Ultimate Question, to which the answer is 42.