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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

5 reviews

kajoreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I really enjoyed Adams’ writing style. There’s so many fun quotes you could pull from this. I also really liked what he did with the Electric Monk and Gordon Way’s ghost. They had such fun storylines. The horse as well.

My biggest disappointment was Dirk Gently himself. I was expecting him to be whimsical and charming, but he was just so full of himself it was annoying. He didn’t really do much either.

The ending felt a bit rushed.

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thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I didn’t like this book and Dirk Gently only got introduced like halfway through and it was all about an electric monk and a horse and some guy having dinner in university instead of anything detective related

Only the very end was like solving a murder mystery and it was resolved in like 2 pages which was boring.

It was nothing like the Netflix show (except that Dirk really likes pizza), but when I’ve read the other books in the series I’ll edit this if you should read them and just skip this book.

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