I just don't like the story in this book. Except for the very very end (which brings my rating up to 2 stars instead of 1 star) I didn't really care about what was going on. This books brings ties together a lot of plot points from previous books in the series. The series just gets less and less fun as it goes along. There's only 1 book left and I've already started it, so I'll see if it redeems itself in the end.

I hope Arthur and Fenchurch are happy

In this fourth instalment, (and I won’t be spoiling much by saying this), Arthur Dent miraculously finds his way home after 8 years in the confines of space. But was it really 8 years? And, was Earth really destroyed or was it all just an illusion (or is THIS all a delusion)?

Contrary to most reviews I’ve read, this is definitely my favourite of the series so far (despite the Krikkit reference in #3). It’s wacky and full of wit and wordplay, generously sprinkled with Douglas Adams’ humour and astute views.

It’s also, in my opinion, the deepest in the series with very descriptive, almost poetic passages, and cleverly interwoven truths and metaphors.

In a nutshell, I thoroughly enjoyed this, and the pictures evoked were so vivid they are still crystal clear in my mind: Rob McKenna the Rain God, Wonko the Sane and his improbable house, not to mention of course Fenchurch, and dear old Marvin.