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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Finished my re-read of the series in my year of being 42. Law of diminishing returns here, just misses out on a fourth star from me. Though I very much enjoyed all the bits about sandwiches, Perfectly Normal Beasts, and Old Thrashbarg.
Who would have thunk that Arthur and Trillian would have a kid together? Lol! Gotta love the shenanigans they get up to. And no Zaphod! :( Another great read. Just one more to go. I'm gonna miss these crazy characters. :)
Mostly Harmless is the last book in the Hitchhiker's Guide series written by Douglas Adams himself. It is very different than the previous book, So Long and Thanks For All the Fish, and very different than the first 3 books. This book feels a little like an aging rock star revisiting old songs from a different period in their life, and not having the same energy for it. There are moments where the old spark seems to come, but they never really seem to be rocking out. As always with Adams, the plotting is heavy and twisty, and things that should matter get lost in deviations and interesting asides. Adams seems to be examining some of his themes about probability, possibility, and the absurdity of life, but he is also doing what he does best, which is going to lengths for a joke. The ending of this one is bleak, without spoiling it, the bureaucrats seem to win in the end. I saw it written that Adams wrote this at a darker period of his life, and I have to think he felt a little like his life was reverse engineered to screw him much like the Guide does in this book. It had been years since I read this one, and it was the least memorable of the series. There were so many unanswered questions by the end that I found myself rereading the last chapter to make sure I hadn't missed where they had maybe wrapped up some of the hanging threads from the last 4 books. I guess my best piece of advice is to just recognize before you read this that they won't do that, and you will have a decent time hanging out with your old friends Ford and Arther, and maybe you wont be as disappointed as I was.
mostly enjoyable series that gets tiring to read at some points. the first is my favorite with the profound absurdities that make me giggle every time I read it.
I'm so torn on this one. I love large parts of it and wind up skimming through others every time. And then there's the end. Bleh.
"Once something actually happens somewhere in the something as wildly complicated as the Universe, Kevin knows where it will all end up - where "Kevin" is any random entity that doesn't know nothin' about nothin'."
"Once something actually happens somewhere in the something as wildly complicated as the Universe, Kevin knows where it will all end up - where "Kevin" is any random entity that doesn't know nothin' about nothin'."
adventurous
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
speedrunning to finish the series: i feel like i come to the end and i almost want to rate it higher than i have wanted to throughout reading it all. either i just really like the endings or im just glad to be done with the book. either way - i am glad i read it and i probably won't again!
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No