Keely's review
Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Keely's review
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Keely's review
rating:
bookshelves:
fantasy,
humor,
novel
I read this book before I tried to tackle Pratchett on his own merit, so I may have to retroactively skew this review based upon what I now know. The book is enjoyable, but may suffer from the fact that it represents its two authors at what seems to be their most basic states.
There is no question as to the recognizability of both Gaiman's and Pratchett's respective styles here, but neither seems to bring the best out of the other. One of Gaiman's weaknesses is surely his general lack of humor. Anything that makes you laugh in his books isn't likely to qualify as a joke. While this could have been remedied by Pratchett's collaberation, that author's often predictable sense of humor showed through more often than it made any profoundly funny statement.
It really felt that by collaberating, both authors felt a need to simplify and de-personalize their craft, which for Gaiman meant an unfortunate loss of much of his dark charm, and for Pratchett that he was simply even more watered ...more
There is no question as to the recognizability of both Gaiman's and Pratchett's respective styles here, but neither seems to bring the best out of the other. One of Gaiman's weaknesses is surely his general lack of humor. Anything that makes you laugh in his books isn't likely to qualify as a joke. While this could have been remedied by Pratchett's collaberation, that author's often predictable sense of humor showed through more often than it made any profoundly funny statement.
It really felt that by collaberating, both authors felt a need to simplify and de-personalize their craft, which for Gaiman meant an unfortunate loss of much of his dark charm, and for Pratchett that he was simply even more watered ...more
