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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
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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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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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Sara
Jan 30, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
This book was lent to me, and boy am I grateful for the lend!

It's hilarious - I couldn't stop laughing. There were some parts which were a bit slow, as would be expected in a book of about 400 pages, but I thoroughly enjoyed the references and the exceptionally rich world which Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman created.

I fell in love with the characters, with their flaws, wit, courage and incompetence; especially the angel and the demon.

Reading this book, and the extra material at the end, really
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Mary
Nov 21, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: humor
Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaimon take on the end of the world. Main characters include an angel, a demon, Adam the son of the evil one and his dog Dog.
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Entertaining and witty.
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