Mostly Harmless
 

Mostly Harmless

by Douglas Adams

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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Member Reviews

  • djp72
    1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 2 stars

    massively disappointing. really sub par everything else he ever wrote.

    djp72 wrote this review Monday, December 10 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • roomagic
    1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 2 stars

    This was my least favorite of the Hitchhiker's Guide books. It felt forced and didn't have that witty ease exhibited in the others. It was still rich with irony and interesting plot, but lacked the pizzaz of his earlier works.

    roomagic wrote this review Monday, August 13 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • filmaday
    1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 2 stars

    Very disappointing when compared to the previous books in the series. This is a money-making cash-in!

    filmaday wrote this review Wednesday, August 8 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • Shauna T
    • Rated 5 stars

    In honesty, all I remember is a general sense of mirth the book left me with followed almost immediately by a bender and several weird encounters in and around Goldie Mill. I "read" this (listened to it in my car) so long ago now, that all I can really say is I sure do appreciate the anticlimax of the series a whole lot more than I did as a kid. Yep. Space travel. Time travel. Badly managed night clubs. Earth comes back, then leaves again. Possibly Earth was back before this book. When did the apparating chesterfield sofa show up? Because I think it's now in a stairwell of my friend's apartment building, but it doesn't seem to fly anymore. Shame, that. Anyway, that might have been the fourth book, and Earth was back by then. Things are hazy with me right now. Anyway, if you liked the first four you'll like this one too, eh? Possibly no book in the history of books has ever been less in need of my endorsement.

    Shauna T wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Vyasa P
    • Rated 2 stars

    This is another one of those nonsensical books of Douglas Adams. Always adding tons of mayhem to his books, readers love him. Unfortunately I had to drop this book. Its story line I did not enjoy. The book just rambled on with no information to really grasp my attention. The descriptiveness seemed very bland. I love British humor and this one wasn't one of my favorites.

    Vyasa P wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Michelle H
    • Rated 4 stars

    Another great book from Douglas Adams. This is the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy (I love them all). I read the first four about seven years ago and finally got around to the fifth. I would recommend that you read them a little closer together. It took a while for me to remember the characters and what they have been through so far. That being said, it was still a great read and I love the author's sense of humor.

    Michelle H wrote this review Wednesday, July 30 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Paul
    • Rated 4 stars

    Adams is one of my favorite authors of all time, and these books don't disappoint. I just read through the series for the 4th, maybe 5th time, and it's always fantastic. His humor, his clever word play, and his story lines all impress.

    While this fifth book in the trilogy is still quite good, I find it my least favorite.

    Paul wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • TimberBeast
    • Rated 2 stars

    I enjoyed it up until the unfortunate ending.

    TimberBeast wrote this review Monday, June 9 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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