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Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #5)

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It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on are a few simple sandwich-making skills. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting...more

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Published September 23rd 2009 by Del Rey (first published 1992)

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Jun 29, 2007 Jon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Douglas Adams fans

Mostly Harmless was, for many people, a disappointing end to a fantastic series. Adams admitted that he was having a "bad year" when he wrote this book, and it shows: the usual humor and manic pacing are largely gone, replaced by long tracts about actual theoretical science (as opposed to the lunatic-inspired science that created, say, the starship Bistromath), and the tone overall is far darker and more depressive. There are still glimpses of Adams' comedic genius, but the book as a whole is a...more

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Feb 08, 2008 Nathan Mathews rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Blechh! Worst. Ending. Ever! I've heard that Douglas Adams wrote this book during a bad time in his life (hey, we all have 'em), but this book more or less stinks. I have chosen to forget that this book was ever written, and that the series ended on a definite high note with "So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish". Those of you who have not had your minds poisoned with this bit of tripe would do well to skip it altogether.

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Nov 16, 2012 Evan Leach rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The fifth and final installment in the Hitchhiker “trilogy” is generally regarded as the weakest in the series (it’s the lowest rated on this site, for example). The story is focused on Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Poor Arthur, who finally found happiness at the end of book four, has the love of his life whisked away from him senselessly and is back to wandering the galaxy alone. He finally settles down to a life that many would find mind-numbingly dull but that suits Arthur just fine. Just as...more The fifth and final installment in the Hitchhiker “trilogy” is generally regarded as the weakest in the series (it’s the lowest rated on this site, for example). The story is focused on Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Poor Arthur, who finally found happiness at the end of book four, has the love of his life whisked away from him senselessly and is back to wandering the galaxy alone. He finally settles down to a life that many would find mind-numbingly dull but that suits Arthur just fine. Just as he begins to grow accustomed to his new role in the universe, Trillian and then Ford show up to pull Arthur back into their chaotic adventures. Ford has discovered a plot that puts not just the Guide, but the universe itself at risk and, once again, a reluctant Arthur is pulled along for the ride.

The book has two problems. The first is that it simply isn’t as laugh-out-loud funny as the first three Hitchhiker books. Series staples like Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android are nowhere to be found, and Trillian plays a relatively minor (if complicated) role. I think that part of what makes the first two books so hysterical is the interplay between all of these larger than life characters (including Ford) and the bewildered Arthur. Like a sitcom with a great cast, it’s at it’s best when all the key players are together. The comedy slips a bit in book three when the characters begin to drift apart, and by the fourth entry some of the regulars are beginning to disappear entirely. But in book four, Adams shifts the story from intergalactic mayhem to a (relatively) conventional love story. Unexpectedly sweet, the fourth book is able to alleviate the pain of losing the Zaphods of the galaxy by telling a different kind of tale.

But very little is sweet about this book, which brings us to problem number two. Mostly Harmless is kind of a downer. Adams was apparently going through some personal problems when he wrote this, and described it as “a rather bleak book.” He expressed interest in writing a sixth novel to finish the series on a more upbeat note, but died before he had the opportunity. We are left with a somewhat sad ending to a great series, particularly (view spoiler). While I begrudgingly accept that comedy is subjective and not everybody’s funnybone is tickled the same way, it’s hard for me to imagine somebody not liking the first two books in this series (even though I know these readers exist). But this one…let’s just say I can see how a reader would find Mostly Harmless to be mostly bleh.

That said, it’s still Douglas Adams and I still liked the book. There are some really funny bits interspersed through all the melancholy: Colin the Android, Ford’s heroic crusade against the Guide’s expense accountants, and virtually every exchange between Ford and Arthur. It’s not the same caliber as the first two books in the series, but if you enjoyed the third and fourth books you’ll probably like this one. Readers who like happy endings may want to call it a day after book four, however. 3 stars. (less)

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Nov 16, 2012 Adela Bezemer-Cleverley rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Even though I finished the book approximately seven hours ago, halfway through a long day of work, I am writing this review still in a state of confusion. But more on that later.

Guess what? I love these books. It's kind of a Doctor Who-esque love on a smaller scale. I guess I'm only saying that because it's sci-fi and makes you say "WHAT?!" a lot.

So "Mostly Harmless" starts off in a parallel universe with a different Trillian--or Tricia McMillan as she's called--living the life she would have le...more

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May 24, 2008 Kyle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Starting off a bit too divergent in time and space, and rounding up the few remaining main characters for one last adventure, it would seem that Douglas Adam is straining to be glib about the ineffable laws of the universe. Or rather the many universes we may or may not be aware of, preferring to call it some sort of Mish Mash. Yet halfway through this novel, we can see that every sidestep and meander is in the service of a plot that is as straight and piercing as Time's arrow. Arthur Dent gets...more

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Apr 10, 2013 Chrissy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: humor, made-me-laugh-out-loud, british, scifi

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It's terribly amusing that the majority of reviewers have tossed this fifth part to the trilogy aside, banished it from their mental schemata of the series so as to acknowledge only that which ends well. I think it says a lot about the readership that they took in the entirety of the first four books without picking up on the melancholy and nihilistic subtext to Adams' writing. I mean, the first book ends with the discovery that the meaning of life is 42.... how much clearer...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Al rated it 3 of 5 stars

Douglas Adams is back with the amazing, logic-defying, but-why-stop-now fifth novel in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. Here is the epic story of Random, who sets out on a transgalactic quest to find the planet of her ancestors. Line drawings.

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In this installment of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy saga, Ford Prefect of the planet Betelgeuse relies on serendipity and his own quick wits to protect a new edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide from th

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Sep 27, 2012 Crosly Anderson rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Let me just say that 'Mostly Harmless' totally shocked me out of my chair.
I read the first four books and pretty much loved the humor, storytelling and not to mention the characters.
Some new characters are made in 'Mostly Harmless', and if I had to choose a favorite new character, it would be Random. Random as in her name IS LITERALLY RANDOM.
The irony of the whole story made me really, really excited. The whole tale goes in a roundabout of time and space and ends up where we started.
The ending w...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Julio rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Quinto y último capítulo de la trilogía de "La Guía del Autoestopista Galáctico". Ya sé que trilogía y quinto no suman, pero así lo llamó su autor y yo le creo. No puedo decir mucho más de lo ya mencionado en "El restaurante del fin del mundo" y "La vida, el universo y todo lo demás", a lo cual siguió "Hasta luego y gracias por el pescado" antes de acabar en este "Informe...". Las dos últimas historias son quizá menos caóticas que las tres primeras, pero el lenguaje se mantiene tan chispeante, c...more

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Jan 27, 2012 Dan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For some reason this fifth volume is not included in most collection of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and I've only realised this recently.

As with most of Adams' book, I finished the book with the feeling that I only sort of know what was going on and wasn't really sure what the point of it was but I had so much fun along the way that I didn't really care. This edition sees a new guide being created which works across all the dimensions. Queue chaos. Arthur Dent spends a great deal of time b...more

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Dec 18, 2011 Ensiform rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Intrepid Arthur Dent, star-hopping again, loses Fenchurch and the Earth. And in parallel (to what?) universes, a depressed Tricia McMillan never left Earth with Zaphod, while Trillian Astra has a daughter by Dent's sperm. Also, Vogons try for another crack at the Earth via an incredibly evil force that took over the Guide's offices.

In many ways this book is a wonderful return to form, with the usual high/low comedy and mad, twisted explanations of tangential remarks. As literature, it's a notch...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Charles rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In my personal opinion, Mostly Harmless was a decent book. Had it been written by anyone other than Douglas Adams, I would have to describe it as one of the greatest books ever written by someone other than Douglas Adams. Unfortunately for all of us, it was written by Douglas Adams. Mostly Harmless did to the Hitchhikers series what Jar Jar Binks did to Star Wars, although it was a noteworthy and decent addition to the series, it just didn't fit properly.

The story starts out with Adams' usual wi...more In my personal opinion, Mostly Harmless was a decent book. Had it been written by anyone other than Douglas Adams, I would have to describe it as one of the greatest books ever written by someone other than Douglas Adams. Unfortunately for all of us, it was written by Douglas Adams. Mostly Harmless did to the Hitchhikers series what Jar Jar Binks did to Star Wars, although it was a noteworthy and decent addition to the series, it just didn't fit properly.

The story starts out with Adams' usual wit and confusing yet suprisingly/disturbingly sensible logic and science. It describes the confusion of a ship's AI getting an error message it doesn't understand, realising that the central core has been knocked out, and in trying to replace it the ship loses the backup unit as well and is forced to land wake up the crew, who have just as little of an idea of whats going on as the computer does without their memories, other than that they have to "land" somewhere and "observe" something. It then skips forward to Tricia McMillain in another universe, Ford Prefect in a suddenly grimmer guide office, and Arthur Dent losing his girlfriend in hyperspace. This all begins to come together very slowly and confusingly as Tricia is taken by the memoryless aliens to a planet beyond Pluto, Arthur goes on a search for a new home, and Ford discovers a frightening conspiracy and subsequently hacks the Guides new parent company's bank account. Eventually, everything starts to come together even more as Arthur is reunited with his now teenage daughter Random Frequent Flyer Dent and subsequently Ford, they go on a quest to find random and the Guide Mk II, a multidimensional device that exists in the whole multiverse simultaneously. As they traverse dimensional rifts they meet up with an aged Elvis Presley to whom Arthur is oblivious of, buy his ship, and head back to earth. Then, during a frightening and confusing confrontation with Arthur, Trillian, Ford, Tricia, Random, Guide Mk II,and a dead club owner, everything comes together and the group, the guide, and all possibe earths are destroyed forever. Thats it.

I am a huge fan of Douglas Adams' work and would gladly give a 5 out of 5 rating for any of his other books. Sadly, this does hot deserve it in my mind. Most of Adams' incomprehensibly witty comedic genius and satirical comedy has been replaced with a dark, tragic undertone and the sense of loss throughout, with everything from Arthur losing Fenchurch in transit due to humans coming from a plural sector planet, Tricia losing her opportunity with Zaphod and NBS, Ford's realization that the guide had become a bloated beaurocratic corporation even before InfiniDim took over, Trillian's frequent time travel causing her to miss out on her daughter's childhood, to Random's absence of a sense of self or her history, and finally ending with the destruction of all possible Earths simply so Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz can put a check in a box on a piece of paper giving the all clear for a Hyperspace Bypass that was cancelled long ago. Though much of Adams' maniacal humor remains in the form of things like the Lamuellan's admiration of sandwich making and worship of Almighty Bob, to the meeting with Elvis in which Arthur was totally oblivious to his presence, to the aliens' love of Earth TV and McDonalds, to Ford buying the london zoo and half of Africa while shrugging off Arthur's problems with the cruelty of Foie Gras, Mostly Harmless still has probably the most depressing undertone of any book ever written. Possibly the saddest part is that Adams wrote this due to negative reception of the totally positive undertone of So Long..., with people finding things going far to well with Arthur's life, so his response was bsically to counteract totally positive with absoltely depressing. Adams admits that he wrote this during a bad year, and the final product reflects this. Overall, I would give Mostly Harmless a 3 out of 5, seeing as how it is still an excellent book, and would recommend it to any who want to know how the series really ended.(less)

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Jul 24, 2011 Margot rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Writing about this book months after reading it, I remember it being entertaining, but am hard pressed to recall any details at all. Perhaps like a summer movie.

I marked a few passages as representative:
"She walked out of the fetid, goat-frying air and into the blessed cool of the lobby. The fine cotton of her blouse was sticking like grime to her skin. Her hair felt as if she'd bought it at a fairground, on a stick."(21)

"Her mood swings were very unpredictable but so far they'd all been between...more

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Feb 11, 2011 Roberta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dei libri che compongono questa "trilogia in cinque volumi" Praticamente innocuo è sicuramente il più dismesso e malinconico. Le parti con Ford Prefect sono sempre piuttosto scoppiettanti, ma anche lui si lascia andare a nostalgiche fantasie sul periodo in cui la Guida era ancora in stadio embrionale, e sui suoi sogni perduti e mai realizzati. Arthur Dent vola di paese in paese cercando disperatamente qualcosa di familiare e quando gli pare di averlo trovato viene raggiunto da Trillian che mette...more

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Jan 04, 2011 Fred rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It has been a good number of years since I last read the earlier books in this series, so I was pleased that the humor and storytelling still held up so well. The material that made up the earlier books started out as a radio program, I believe, so they have a more freewheeling sense about them than the later ones. That's the benefit of having so many successive (and successful) drafts. Still, this final book of the series (leaving aside the Eoin Colfer-penned And Another Thing from 2009, which...more

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Oct 25, 2010 Phillip Snyder rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I've decided to review the Hitchhiker series as whole from this last book, "Mostly Harmless".
Douglas Adams threw together five books from his radio series. That doesn't sound like a big deal, until you realize he intentionally made the two totally different. Which is something anyone in the entertainment business can really learn from, because this keeps the universe people love while changing it up so much that you really have no idea what to expect. For instance, the character Marvin (a manic...more

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Jul 09, 2010 Charley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've always loved Douglas Adam's work, and first listened to my Dad's old record of Hitchhiker's Primary Phase when I was very small and didn't understand a word - but I knew that I loved it. So when I was older I made sure to buy the books, and always liked the novels better than a radio or TV series. But I never read Mostly Harmless.
I did have it, our copy was the whole five books, but I think that I just couldn't really get my head around the big jump between it and So Long and Thanks for al...more

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Jan 05, 2010 Margaret rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-and-science-fiction, humor, authors-ab

I've only read Mostly Harmless (the fifth book of "the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy, as it says on the front cover of my copy) once, although I've read the other books in the series multiple times. I had read many reviews when it came out saying that it didn't fit with the other books and that the events of Mostly Harmless might actually spoil rereading the other books, so I purposefully avoided. However, after reading a couple of biographies of Douglas Adams and practica...more

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Mar 19, 2009 Brandon Collinsworth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: that just have to finish the series

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Well I would be remiss if I did not mention the ending before anything else. First of all this isn't technically the ending of the series, Douglas Adams just died before he wrote anymore Hitchhiker books, that being said this makes this the series ending for all intents and purposes. So with that in mind this is the worst ending of a series that could have ever possibly been conceived. In truth this shouldn't have been the ending of a book. If you are the kind of person that is all about the end...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Jareed Reyes rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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If Moorcock got lazy with the Elric series, Adams on the other hand, was seemingly depressed (just as a multitude of the reviews available claimed and Adams did say it himself that he was having a 'tough year' in the book's writing). Mostly Harmless, destroyed what the fourth book in the series did, ending in a high and more importantly, happy note. What took the toll however compelling the two stars from the otherwise incomparable series that is The Hitchhiker's Guide.. was how Arthur's story a...more

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Dec 22, 2012 Asavari rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 1-year-100-books-challenge-2012

I was previously unsure whether or not I was going to read this because it was forcedly written, but after the disappointment that was So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, I decided to read this as I didn't want to end such a wonderful series on a disappointing note. And I think it most definitely did pick up, the tone and the spontaniety of the first 3 books returned (which is the main problem I with the 4th book). Now I'm suggesting do try out this series and if you liked The Hitchhiker's Guid ...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, comedy, science-fiction

I first remember reading this book round about when it came out. If I am honest, I remember thinking it was plotless and uninteresting, and I was not looking forward to rereading it at all.
And actually Ioved it. I think it's almost up there with the first two books, but what I also love about it is that fact that there is a plot, something that was sorely missing from So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
I don't want to give away any spoilers, but it is also the perfect way to end the series. I...more

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Jul 22, 2011 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Like its predecessors in the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, "Mostly Harmless" is a very quick and easy read. Douglas Adams' writing style is light and entertaining, containing just enough words to let you know what's going on, rather than going on and on describing each and every detail. In this way, the story flows along quite nicely. While the beginning of the story did tend to drag on a bit, once it picked up, I found it to be very engaging and amusing. The character developme...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Mark rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I should say from the outset that I love all the other books in the Hitchhiker's series, so perhaps I am biased. Nonetheless, I feel my enthusiasm is justified - through all five books, Adams' plotlines swoop through every corner of the Galaxy and tie it all together in time for tea - and that's before factoring in the myriad other media.

In my mind, the series, while stylistically consistent, somewhat changes genre from book to book. The first two were the sci-fi satire it's best known for. The...more I should say from the outset that I love all the other books in the Hitchhiker's series, so perhaps I am biased. Nonetheless, I feel my enthusiasm is justified - through all five books, Adams' plotlines swoop through every corner of the Galaxy and tie it all together in time for tea - and that's before factoring in the myriad other media.

In my mind, the series, while stylistically consistent, somewhat changes genre from book to book. The first two were the sci-fi satire it's best known for. The third, Life, The Universe, And Everything, is a more straightforward action-adventure romp, albeit a very tongue-in-cheek one - in fact, it was adapted from one of Adams' failed Doctor Who scripts. The fourth, So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, was more of a slice-of-life, romcom story, although this shouldn't signify that it's any less intelligent.

This fifth book, the last written by Adams, stands out from the crowd due to it's infamous gloominess. The story itself has returned to sci-fi parody, with a focus on the theory of multiple universes. However, from the outset, the premise seems a lot less fun than usual. Arthur Dent, whose misfortune is usually played for laughs, now wanders the Galaxy in search of a purpose. Ford Prefect dashes about trying to save the Guide from a corporate takeover. Trillian's story is difficult to surmise without spoiling, but suffice to say she is not a happy camper.

In spite of all this, Adams' sardonic take on the universe has not lost its sharpness, nor its breakneck pacing. You'll be set chuckling several times per page and find at least one deep belly laugh per chapter. In this installment more than ever before in the series, there is a fantastic sense that the book is just listing off loosely connected events until it all comes together in a finale that seems at once to be perfectly ridiculous and the only logical conclusion.

There's no denying that this book seems more world-weary in its attitude. Whether this is a good or bad thing is up to each individual reader. In particular, whether the ending is a work of dazzling genius or a massive disappointment will be up to the reader's interpretation, and what rubs one the right way. As such, with these criticisms in mind, I can only give it a very strong four stars, as it isn't for everyone. Nonetheless, I offer it my heartiest recommendations. Even if you are disappointed, it will certainly be the best disappointment of your life.(less)

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Jul 28, 2012 Victoria Song rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, science-fiction, humor, fiction

Well, when I started reading the Hitchhiker's Guide series, an acquaintance who had recently finished it said it had wholly underwhelmed her. Sure, the majority of the series is an exercise in pure whimsy, but I had enjoyed the first three books and thought her a bit off-base.

But in the fourth and fifth book of the series, I found my interest lagging and the end of Mostly Harmless caught me somewhat off guard. I sat there with the finished book in my hands, feeling rather put out.

I like and lau...more

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Dec 15, 2009 Steven rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: No one.

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Carefully read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then imagine that the most horrible, depressing conclusion possible to the whole affair could happen. That is what happens in Mostly Harmless. It wraps every loose end up most completely, but it wraps things up the way a car compactor packages your favorite vehicle.

The atrocities the author commits towards his characters in this book significantly impact my enjoyment of the rest of the series. The first few pages start out depressing and it j...more

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May 08, 2013 Ben rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ending a long-running series is hard, but boy does this one do it in spectacularly bad fashion. Vignettes that earlier on felt funny and fresh now feel tired and lame--a lengthy discussion of how to make the perfect sandwich borders on the level of tedium one would expect in a Russian novel talking about farming.

There's also just some horribly bad/strange plot choices. (view spoiler)...more

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Mar 10, 2008 Simon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sf-and-fantasy

It's been a good 20 years since I read the first four Hitchhikers books, which I loved. This one felt very different. The wackiness and comic invention has been toned down, and in its place is a very English strain of wistful melancholy. The plot makes a certain kind of sense if you think about it, although it's not what I would call satisfying. There are a couple of laugh out loud moments, but the overall feeling is one of sadness. Interesting...

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Oct 14, 2009 rabbitprincess rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Hitchhiker's completists/fans (but wait a while after reading the first one)

Recommended to rabbitprincess by: Julia

Shelves: humour, 2009, from-me-to-me

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Aug 05, 2011 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is (as other's have suggested) a darker book than previous 'Hitchiker' books but in fairness only really in the dying chapters...there is still a lot of humour within and much to be enjoyed with regard the (mis) adventures of Arthur and Ford.
In reality this is also the last of the Adams books and it does feel like the end of the saga too..everything gets wrapped up ultimately and there is continuity within this book..the Eoin Colfer sixth book is one which I now approach with trepidation an...more

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