And Another Thing... / Eoin Colfer

And Another Thing...
(Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, part six of three)
by Eoin Colfer

humour, science fiction

copyright 2009
partly read in November 2015

rated 6/10: read to pass the time

Colfer has done a brilliant job of capturing and continuing the work of Douglas Adams. Unfortunately, I don't like the direction that Adams took the books.

The humour is non-stop. It's ridiculous, over-the-top stuff. There's a lot to laugh at -- though with very little relevance to the story. There are regular excerpts from the Guide... random association rather than support for the plot.

I enjoy the random jokes. Or, rather, ridiculous "facts". Lots of laughs but a novel is supposed to have a plot.

So far (page 93) the plot is weak.

Here we are, about to die... What could possibly save us ? Oh, look, here's the only -- extremely unlikely -- thing that can save us ! Less a plot, more of a series of set scenes held together by very weak threads.

So far, it's all just fun and funny. Nothing wrong with that !

Unfortunately Colfer had continued Adams' approach: Arthur Dent will suffer. Worse, he knows he will suffer. Every other character treats him badly. There is no enjoyment whatsoever for Arthur Dent.

Where's the fun in that ?! It's just miserable. A form of literary bullying.

I've stopped reading.

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