You have cut me deep Hitchhiker.
Posted on 11 January 2010
One of my brothers gave me a stack of books for Christmas. During the in betweens of the day I have been reading through them. They have been some great reads with the exception of one. I just finished “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and it has to be one of the most disappointing reads I have read in a long, long time.
I know a deal of people who cherish this book and bellow to the skies that this book is so funny that my sides will split. Would you like to know how many sides of mine split while reading this book? Or just how many laughs escaped my mouth?
Zero. Nilch. Nada. Nothing. 0.
It reminded me of the time that I was told that the Harry Potter movies were on par with the books.
It’s just not true.
And for that I was disappointed; disappointed that the book did not meet my expectations, but also a bit unsettled for another reason.
It was a bizarre book, but the most bizarre part of it was that I earnestly believe that if I was to write a book it would be similar to A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Things were crazy and didn’t make sense, everything is unpredictable and that is the kind of stuff that normally I would find hilarious, but for whatever reason I didn’t see any humor in it. Reading through that book was like listening to my own jokes and not laughing.
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