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[4.5 stars]
I had a lot of fun reading this. The audio is quite amazing!
I can't wait to actually watch the show. ...more
I had a lot of fun reading this. The audio is quite amazing!
I can't wait to actually watch the show. ...more
This is one of those books I've been putting off for so long, because everyone told me I'd love it and all the hype worries me. So I let it die down (a lot) and when I just can't wait anymore, I read it. Sometimes it is hype. We can't all enjoy the same books and despite liking both Pratchett and Gaiman, they have both let me down in the past. This one didn't let me down at all. Loved every second of it. Laughed out loud more than is recommended when reading in public. When you finish reading an
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Angels, Demons, the Anti-Christ, and otherwordly wickedness wreck havoc with glee in this story. I loved the beginning of this but as the book progressed I found that there were so many characters I sometimes got lost in trying to figure out what was going on. Good story, just a different read for me.
Good Omens is a tongue-in-cheek look at how humanity manages to be harmful to one another, as well as decent to one another, without the interference of good or evil forces. The polar opposites are just part of the human condition. Demons and angels may set the stage, but human beings have free will and manage acts of destruction or kindness all on their own.
I am ashamed to say that I caught myself actually laughing out loud.
The Devil made me do it!!!
I am ashamed to say that I caught myself actually laughing out loud.
The Devil made me do it!!!
I would love to see a movie made of this - there hasn't been a good supernatural comedy since 'Dogma' and this would be amazing!
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Laugh-out-loud funny in parts. A real pleasure to read something so silly and unique.
Loved it. An apocalyptic romp with some real laugh out loud moments. Two very clever authors on their their own, together they are superb. It is touted as a children's book, though I would suggest older, even teens would be more appropriate as it is theologically quite complicated and there are the occasional swear words smattered throughout. You can see why this book became a cult classic, it is genuinely very clever with a frenetic pace that speeds you among without losing any of the suspense
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Brilliant, five-star hilarity when the angel and demon are driving around together looking for the switched-at-birth antichrist. The rest dulled a bit in comparison, so four stars on balance.
It was a pretty decent book. The ending was not what I expected. But it was still a good ending. A couple of the characters got on my nerves. In the end though, I began to like them all.
Aug 18, 2013
Amy :)
marked it as to-read
Jan 16, 2019
Amanda
marked it as to-read
