1.54k reviews for:

Mostly Harmless

Douglas Adams

3.77 AVERAGE

aygee's review

3.0

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It took me a while to get around to reading this last piece of the collection, and being sick may have helped me enjoy it as much as I did. The ending was disappointing, yes, but it's the ending to a brilliant series, so any ending would be disheartening. I wonder if perhaps the "new" Hitchhiker building and employees were a commentary on the overcommercialization of Adams' own Hitchhiker series.

sol_lovseth's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kaeyaki's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

crudelise's review against another edition

4.0

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I really loved this ending. Though actuaallly... they did not manage to destroy all earth live did they (fenchurch)?

thesleepydino's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny 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

travisjlund's review against another edition

3.0

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People (rightly) describe it as the most depressing of the books, but there was enough fun stuff in it that I still enjoyed it. There was some actual interesting science thrown in, including some not-bad descriptions of alternate universes involving "discontinuities in the probability axis"...

Mildly spoilerish: The presence of an non-Adams but fully authorized Hitchhiker sequel (#6: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6359434-and-another-thing) with the same old characters somewhat tempers the most depressing aspects of this one. :)

luralulu's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

almostalice's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tamcait's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tom_collins's review against another edition

2.0

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Not his usual style. Less frantic, less tongue in cheek, disappointing ending.