Blog Prompt: Write about something that happened in this chapter or the book that surprised you, and explain why it is so surprising.----------------------------
As the Krikkit people were seemingly about to resume their galactic genocide, they suddenly lost the bloodthirsty urge to destroy the rest of the universe. The way that this was explained however was one that made sense yet surprised me with it's sudden appearance. Douglas Adams writes in such a way that he does not reveal anything to the reader beforehand, hints or foreshadowing included. This adds to the surprise factor that many people love Douglas Adams for.
However, it does seem as if he was skimping just a bit on the storyboard planning and wrote what he had imagined that exact day on impulse. I don't hate it but at the same time it does urk me just a tad. I rather do enjoy the spontanity of his ideas but wonder at times, was he just rushed to meet deadlines and wrote the most convenient thing that first came to mind?
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