The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I've heard a lot of hype about this book throughout the years, but I had never read it. When I opened the front cover to read this book I started a story that was completely unexpected! This has been an amazing, can't put down read for me, which is a nice change from the (hard to finish) Divergent series! This book, I discovered, is the first installment of a four part series and I hope I am able to finish it!

Arthur Dent got his life permanently changed by his very odd friend Ford (that he had no idea was an alien from a small planet near Betelgeuse). The Earth was gone and Arthur was suddenly hitching rides on multiple space ships meeting beings he had never heard of before. Ford is a hitchhiker writing entries into the very vast Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that would need several small buildings to contain its physical contents so it is presented to Arthur on a small reading device of sorts. Arthur is subjected to many things during this fantastic journey, one of those such things being the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (42)! Oh! And the job of the president is just to distract the people from what the government is actually doing! Doesn't that sound familiar!

This book reminds me so much of our society. Everyone is always wondering what their purpose in life is and why they were created. There's also constant debates and arguments about WHO created is or how we came to be. I found the job of the president particularly funny with Trump being our current elected official. I would definitely suggest this book to students and friends! We could go as far as to make this a class book and do writing assignments based on it, like how they think 42 could be the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.