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All teen and kid reviews for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Hitchhiker's Guide Series, Book 1
Average rating based on 17 kid and teen reviews:
- 29% say sexual content is an issue
Kid, 12 years old
May 10, 2011
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This Book is Freaking Awesome!!!!!
This is one of the best books ever. My dad reccomended this to me, and it is awesome. My friends and I constantly quote parts of this series. It is really really funny and intellectual. If you don't find this book funny, you must be a manically depressed robot. The only reason I rated this as iffy is that it is really intellectual and some kids might not understand all of the humor. You can instantly make tons of friends by saying 42 or "Life, don't talk to me about life" or "Brain the size of a planet..." or "What are you supposed to do with a manically depressed robot? What are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot." I honestly think that this should be required reading for every country whose language you can buy Hitchhiker's Guide in. By the way, the other books in the series are "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" "Life, the Universe, and Everything" and "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" " BTW what makes this all the funnier is that I'm British.
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Perfection. Just hilarious perfection.
To put it in a nutshell, they are the funniest books ever written, period. When I first got these, I couldn't read them in a public place in fear of laughing uncontrollably and making a spectacle of myself. I adore these books, they're the type I can read over and over again without the jokes seeming old. It's not just any humour, it's Douglas Adams humour, which has the type intelligent, nerdy , geeky, random, quotable, and just generally perfect humour I adore. Although it seems light and fluffy, if you squint it does raise some philosophical questions. If anyone is considering buying them, do. You won't regret it. You'll never look at a towel, a cup of tea, the number 42 or a sofa without giggling to yourself again.
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Hilarious, OK for teens
I love this book--it's filled with hilarious passages of intelligent humor that you just want to read over and over again. There are maybe 4 sentences that are not really appropriate but meant to be funny and can easily go over the head of someone younger. The swearing isn't bad; the only really bad one that wouldn't be appropriate is the s-word and that is only used once or twice. The drinking is not influencial even though Arthur and Ford must drink 3 pints each before escaping from Earth because it will make their trip easier, and there are some humorous references to a drink that is not real.
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Some bits not for younger kids
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.
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Hilarious book everyone should read
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)
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my favorite favorite book EVER!!!
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.
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Awesome book
This book is fantastic for teens today.
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Perfect if You can follow which might not be everybody
I abslutely love this book but all 5 books are good I have read them over and over again since 4th grade :)
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Great book!
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.
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One of the Best Books Out There
I read this book at the age of 6. And I have re-read this series numerous times since then. I swear, this site must be run by overprotective parents. At my school, I am one of the only kids who have read that book. It's a good read for any age!
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British Humor at its Best
Probably the funniest book I've ever read. Many a time I've found myself incapacitated thanks to this book. There are a couple of four-letter words, and a few sex references, but the only reason that I wouldn't give this book to a ten year old is because he just wouldn't get it. Any one older, though red it, and don't come running to me when you can't breath!
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A heck of a good book!!!
Adams is my favortie arthor of all time and this is my favorite book...of all time!
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I loved it so much that my parents had to drag me away from it!
This book was an amazing and funny book. I have already recommended it to all of my friends. The sexual humor is very minimal and light and the ev erything else about it sparks a bigger interest in reading.
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Very Funny!
I love these books, and they may be a bit too mature for kids my age, but overall, they're pretty good.
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Pretty much one of the best books ever written
This is by far the best science fiction humor story, and one of the best in both of those two broader catagories. Some mild sexual jokes, nothing bad. Some language and drinking, but not excessively. Douglas Adams is one of the coolest writers ever. If you like it, read the next 4 and The Salmon of Doubt.
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