book in series: 1/5
author: douglas adams
pages: 180 (in the edition that i borrowed from the library)
personal star rating: 4.99/5 stars
so close to five stars. why does it lose .01 of a star? it didn't exceed expectation. It lived up to it, but there was just a little bit of room that i could see a little more of something.
from the back cover:
On Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun, and the Galaxy is a very strange and startling place.
first sentence:
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."
I liked reading it. I liked reading it a lot. You could even say I loved reading it. But there was something about it that seems i never completely got involved with it. I was not absorbed so much in the story and plot that it seemed that i just missed something. The writing style is remarkable and i fully intend on reading the rest of the series and quite possibly reading this book again. I like the idea of this story and the portrayal was very unique and amazing.
My favourite part was Marvin. His pessimism and depressive personality have a dry humour undertone. There is a lot of comic relief that is welcome and he's just perfect.
Overall, this was a really, really good book.
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