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This is like a lighter version of American Gods. Comedic and fun. ( )

This book is what I wanted American Gods to be. You’re dealing with silly material, allow the story to be silly. The gods themselves certainly won’t be.

Dirk Gently is a most interesting detective: smart and bumbling, he recognizes connections but doesn’t know why. The first three-quarters are fantastic, but it falls apart a bit toward the end. Adams seems to have remembered he needs to publish this book and he doesn’t care much for books over 300 pages. I felt a bit like Dirk at the end: seeing the connections but not quite understanding why they were there.

But what a brilliant gags are the Coke machine and fridge. ( )

Adams is a genius. The ending was perhaps not as satisfying as the first one but funny and we'll pieced together nonetheless. ( )

Amusing, but I think I preferred the first Dirk Gently book more. I did enjoy how almost everything mentioned ended up having some significance later in the book.