The Books: Bingo No. 3: Witches – Terry Pratchett / Neil Gaiman: Good Omens Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's hilarious end-of-the-world spoof: Armageddon as foretold in the nice and accurate predictions of one Agnes Nutter, witch. (Time of Armageddon: Next Saturday. Place: Tadfield, Oxfordshire.)...
The Books: Bingo No. 3: Witches – Terry Pratchett / Neil Gaiman: Good Omens Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's hilarious end-of-the-world spoof: Armageddon as foretold in the nice and accurate predictions of one Agnes Nutter, witch. (Time of Armageddon: Next Saturday. Place: Tadfield, Oxfordshire.)...
Terry Pratchett an Neil Gaiman collaborate on a Fantasy Comedy based on the apocalypse. What's not to love? An angel and a demon vie to make contact with the antichrist who got switched with another child at the hospital and ended up with the wrong family. That gives you an idea of the level of sc...
I read "Good Omens" back in 1991 and it blew me away. It was a novel, irreverent, mix of religion, fantasy and social commentary that made me laugh out loud. I'd never read anything quite like it. It was Discworld come to England with its fists up and ready to confront the Christian myths I wa...
There have been better and longer in depth reviews about this book I am sure. My review is simply this, if you want to have a book that takes pokes at religion, free will, divine destiny, and just the general concept of good and evil look no further.Reading about the beginning (which sounded like a ...
GR Cleanup Project. Attempted read in Oct 2011. Good Omens is a zany take on the end of the world (as well all know it). The anti-christ is born but due to a mix-up of babies due largely in part to the ineptitude of the angel and demon in charge of Armageddon (who rather fancy the world as it is),...
4,5*Amazing and a must read for everyone that enjoys funny fantasy. The only thing that wasn't perfect was that in my opinion, the POV changed a bit too much: sometimes it became a bit confusing. Other than that though, it was an awesome book!
I did enjoy this, but sometimes I get the feeling I like Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman themselves more than I like what they write. The humor was amusing (though never hilarious), the set-up was interesting, I liked (most of) the characters and the plot was intriguing enough to have me following...
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