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Adams did do an impressive job of bringing things together in the end—characters and situations not only from this novel itself but from the start of the whole Hitchhiker’s saga (think Vogons). Why a pesky number of loose threads were allowed to hang out, though, while so much work went into resolving other looming storylines, is beyond me and did much to mar the satisfaction I got from the rather abrupt, unfortunate conclusion. I am particularly bothered by the fact that Fenchurch, a character important enough for Adams to have written the entire fourth novel about, is summarily dismissed with little thought and even little grief from Arthur Dent himself. I should not complain about the way Adams chose to end this delightful series of novels of his own imaginative creation, yet I cannot help feeling disappointed if not a little cheated by the way in which everything ended. All in all, while I did enjoy parts of this book immensely, I would rather have ended things with the happy note of So Long, and Thanks For all the Fish, and be left free to imagine what kinds of messes Ford and Arthur might be getting themselves into somewhere in the universe and wondering what really ever happened to Trillian and Zaphod.
Arthur Dent has been confused about a lot of things, particularly matters of Time and Space, but now he has to deal with the concept of Parallel Universes, not to mention fatherhood. Meanwhile, Ford Prefect discovers a sinister new edition of the Guide.
WHAT'S GOOD:
Adams' writing is as sharp and conceptually funny as ever, particularly in the opening few paragraphs of Tricia's story (the bit about New York with the creatures in the lower intestines of rats). The author expertly establishes several storylines and slowly begins to weave them towards a conclusion that takes the series back to where it started; which I thought was very apt. Arthur's attempts at fatherhood make for excellent reading, as trying to deal with teenage mood swings baffles him far more than intergalactic travel ever did. All in all, this book is a good, funny, read and is better than the last two volumes in the series by far.
WHAT'S BAD:
The rather abrupt way in which Adams does away with Fenchurch really annoyed me, as I felt her relationship with Arthur could have added a great deal to this book (plus, I wanted something to go Arthur's way - he's always getting screwed over). And on the same sort of note, the ending of the book is actually quite depressing as I'd been hoping that Arthur and Random could have been a family and lived happily ever after (I should know better really).
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