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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Terry Pratchett

Start date: January 11, 2011

Finish date: February 8, 2011

Discussion: 2011 Reads

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Mar 21, 2009 Felicia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: faves, fantasy

One of my all-time favorite books. Up there with Hitchhiker's Guide. ...more

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Jan 21, 2008 Sandi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, funny-stuff, 2008, top-10

What a funny, funny book this is. It's thought-provoking too. If I were a die-hard millennialist, I probably would have been extremely offended. I might have even tossed this book. But, I'm a Lutheran. We have a sense of humor about religion and can tell the difference between satire and bashing. I also grew up in the era of "The Omen", "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist." Many of the jokes requires a knowledge of these books/movies to make any sense. It also helps if you've actually read the l ...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Sandi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, audiobooks, 2011, re-read

Good Omens is the first audio version I've listened to of a book I've already read in print. It was an interesting experience. Martin Jarvis does an excellent job of performing this insanely funny book. I love the voice he gave to Shadwell, a character who seemed fairly minor when I read the book myself. His comic delivery is perfect for the book.

The only reason I gave the audio version of Good Omens four stars instead of the five I gave the paperback is that I found it more confusing, especiall ...more

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Sep 03, 2008 Brenda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I listened to a full cast production of this for my second time read through and that was really fun. This is just a silly, fun story.

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Jan 30, 2010 mina rated it it was amazing

Hilarious, as you can predicted from the name of the authors :D Gaiman and Pratchett is morbidly funny of their own, imagine how it turns out when they write together about Apocalypse. By the way, it was written in 1980s, when they were just Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, not THE Neil Gaiman and THE Terry Pratchett, the gods of all writers nowadays.

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Aug 22, 2011 Mike rated it it was ok

My rating is probably lower than it should be, because it is actually a very funny book, but I just never got into it. I kept reading it in smaller and smaller chunks as I got further into it, and was actually relieved when I was finally finished.

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Jan 16, 2008 Matt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural, 2013, fantasy, favourites

Thoroughly enjoyable and very different. I loved Good Omens, and although I felt it got a little awkward at the end I still thought it was pretty fantastic.

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