Reviews

Starship Titanic by Terry Jones

patkay85's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

2.0

Not too bad but certainly nothing amazing. It’s a shame Adams didn’t flesh this out as originally intended since it was his idea. It could have been pretty incredible like the Hitchhiker series, and kudos to Jones for scratching it out at the last moment to work with the then contemporary video game, but the short production time shows; it ends up being just okay. The part with the sentient bomb was on the right track; however, that ended up being the most redeeming quality of the entire novel.

wanderinglynn's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

Part Adams, part Monty Python, and all around ridiculously absurd fun space adventure. Nothing too serious or deep, and as other reviewers have pointed out, not the quality of HHGTTG or Dirk Gently. But it was a fun, quick read. And there's a parrot. 

firgreen's review

funny

4.25

catrad's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.25

spitzig's review against another edition

3.0

Typical Adams. On the weak side, though. Just not as wacky as HHGG or Dirk Gently. The characters were pretty good, though I don't remember his other books' characters that well.

Well, I just found that this was only "thought up" by Adams. Apparently, Jones wrote this, while Adams worked on the video game this was based off of. Maybe that's why it wasn't as funny as most of his other stuff.

munyapenny's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

a_o's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rpych2's review against another edition

3.0

This book was not entirely unlike Douglas Adams’ books. I enjoyed Terry Jones’ Monty Python work, and the combination of that and Adams’ name attached to it I was expecting it to be great. However, it didn’t live up to those expectations. It was fine, but it didn’t quite have that charm that you’d expect from something actually written by Douglas Adams. I feel like it relied way too much on sex jokes, which are fine in moderation but that was most, if not all, of the jokes in this book.

The story itself was pretty interesting, and I actually liked most of the characters (except Lucy who the worst). It took a little bit to really get into it, but once I settled into the story it was entertaining. The story of three Earthlings flying through space on a doomed starship and trying to figure out how to get home would’ve been better in Adams’ hands, but was fine in Jones’ as well. Could’ve absolutely been better and funnier, but I wasn’t displeased with it.

samhilton's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

3.0