A review by greymalkin
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

adventurous dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I came back to this series after many decades of not re-reading it, and it's still a fun series.   I don't think anyone has mastered the metaphor and simile like Douglas Adams.  I had stopped at the book before this one, so this was (I think) my first time reading it. 

The ending is a bit of a let-down, if only because it felt like it was building up toward something else and then it sort of just... fizzles.  Yes it does sort of make a symmetrical sort of poetry but not in a satisfying way (at least not for me).