The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I guess I must have missed something? The beginning started out very strong! Humorous and very good set up but then lots of random events and characters got introduced with no build up, I had a hard time caring about anyone or anything that happened.

The bit with the mice and the dolphins was very funny and the reason why I didn't give the book just one star.

I wonder if the badly designed and random nature of the book was a metaphor for how the author views the universe? Either way, didn't cut it for me.