Absolutely love the book as an adult; attempted to read to my 8 year old and after 5 nights we had to give up. Some elements are highly entertaining for him, while other chapters were just way over his head. Maybe try again when he's older

Great book but some mature bits. There is some infrequent swearing that is not in most kid's books and the sexuality is as well. Hilarious, though.

This is a hilarious book that anyone who likes Monty Python or Terry Pratchett or British humor in general will love. If you don't like this book, then you're probably a stodgy person with no sense of humor. (Maybe that's a bit harsh, but it's what I think. :P)

This book rocks. It is so utterly random and unpredictable, it breaks every rule of writing, it doesn't make any sense at all, and is generally just like me. It's the type of book I dream of writing, the type of book that is so funny you find you're folding every page corner, the type of book EVERYONE needs to read, the type of book that makes you pity someone who doesn't like it and wonder what's wrong with them. The fourth book in the series makes it kind of 'huh' for younger readers, but overall, as my friend once described a book, it's a-freakin-mazing.

This book is fantastic for teens today.

While younger children could certainly read it, much of it would probably go over their heads.

Warning! This story is filled with British Humor, but there are mice, dolphins, and other sorts of great things in this story. Besides that, narrowly escaping the death and destruction of the earth to make room for an intergalactic highway, englishman Arthur Dent and his alien friend Ford Prefect, from a small moon near Betelgeuse, go on a wild adventure across time and space. They are read Vogon poetry which is considered a terrible torture, and they are almost sucked out of an air lock into the universe. They then sneak on board of a vast ship in outer space. Then after many near death experiences they end up narrowly escaping near the end of each chapter. Throughout the novel they join forces with, Zaphod Beeblebrox, the ex-president of the galaxy, Trillian the only other surviving earthling, and a depressed robot named Marvin to search for the answer to the question of the meaning of life. This answer may have been hidden on the recently demolished earth. I would reccomend this book for young teens and people who can enjoy British humor. This novel may also fit well with Science-Fiction lovers. This novel is a fairly easy read, but if you have strict feelings for religion then this novel may offend you in some ways. There was also a movie that was re-made in 2005 which was a fairly good representation of most of the novel.

I got this book from my library, and it's downright awesome! I'd reccomend getting the ultimate hitchhiker's guide that has every book in the series.

Easily one of my favorite books. If you are literate and enjoy humor (so most of you), this should be one of the first books you read in preparation for college.