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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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Start date
November 1, 2016
Finish date
November 30, 2016
Why we're reading this
Book#7 Chosen for November 2016

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Elina Mäkitalo
Olen tästä kuullut kehuvia mielipiteitä ja kyllähän tämä minuunkin upposi vaikkei ehkä ole ominta genreä mistä normaalisti pidän. Kirja oli humoristinen (kirjan parasta antia) ja henkilöhahmot hyviä. Myös sanojen kanssa kikkailu oli hyvää. Tarinakin oli kyllä mielenkiintoinen vaikka olikin yksinkertainen. Mutta joskus yksinkertainen on paras ratkaisu.

Välillä minun oli vaikea seurata tapahtumia, eli oli välillä vähän sekava mutta voi olla että oma keskittymiseni herpaantui niissä kohdin sillä to
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Lisa
Mar 25, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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The world is supposed to end at the end of the week. There is a book of prophecies that foretell it very accurately. We follow along with an angel, a demon, a descendant of the prophetic writer, as well as the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, 4 want-to-be horsemen, the anti-christ and his 3 friends as we move through the week.

The birth of the anti-christ was much anticipated, but the attending satanic nuns were not quite up to the task as the "misplaced" the baby. It turns out he was raised in a ra
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Joshua Moravec
3.5 stars.

I haven't read any Pratchett before, and only a little Gaiman, but this makes me really want to read more Pratchett. While I think i would have enjoyed this book a lot more when I was younger, the humor still made me chuckle on multiple occasions, and laugh out loud a few times as well. I would say that most sections were really fun to read in separation. For some reason, though, the book just didn't come together in a way that was satisfying for me. I'm not entirely sure why. One reas
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Entertaining and witty.
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