Title: And Another Thing
Author: Eoin Colfer
Type: Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 275
Rating: 3/5
I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, I’ve enjoyed all of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books and I’m more than happy to revisit the world and see what’s new with the characters that I’ve grown to love. On the other, I also think the series should have died with Douglas Adams.
I’ve never read Eoin Colfer before, and I guess I’m not a fan of his writing style. It made for uncomfortable reading throughout, because there were a ton of moments where you could tell he was trying to get the reader to chuckle and it just didn’t feel right. It was like reading a new Douglas Adams book that had been created by AI. It didn’t smell right.
Still, even knock-off Adams is still worth reading, although if anyone thinks about doing this with Terry Pratchett, I’ll be having words.
So, the plot. I mean, what can I tell you about that? It’s a Hitchhiker’s book, and they have a notoriously idiosyncratic approach to plotting that’s difficult to describe. Lots of stuff happens, but the issue is that as we chug along towards the inexorable end, there aren’t as many laughs as I was hoping for.
If you’re a Douglas Adams fan then I think you should probably check it out, but bear in mind that there’s a good chance that you’ll hate it. A lot of Adams fans do. I didn’t, but I didn’t much like it either, so make of that what you will.
