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

Terry Pratchett,

Neil Gaiman

Why we're reading this: We hear the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. Unfortunately, Sist…more
[close] We hear the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. Unfortunately, Sister Mary Loquacious of the Chattering Order has misplaced the Antichrist. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles. And the representatives from Heaven and Hellhave decided they actually like the human race...

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Jun 12, 2012 Mark Rayner rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: humor

Things this book did not make me do:
1. change my career
2. get a cat (though I did get two after I had read this book, they are not related events)
3. start travelling through time.

Things this book did make me do:
1. chuckle
2. smirk, grin and otherwise signal mirth using facial muscles and lips in some combination
3. laugh in a public place (once)
4. guffaw (once)
5. laugh heartily (once)
6. chortle (several times.)

I have no idea when I read this book. Sometime in the past, most likely. Unless I read ...more

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Jun 25, 2011 🥀 Rose 🥀 rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book, abandoned, fantasy

This seriously pains me to write. I have never read a Terry Pratchett book before and I adore Neil Gaiman! But this was a mess! I did not once laugh!!!! This was the most unfunny book I've ever read that's supposed to be funny! I love the premise! Angel and demon lose satan's son, Armageddon is supposed to happen in a week, cheeky banter between angel and demon blah blah blah. Well it all failed to me. It felt like the story was all over the place and perhaps, to be fair, the humor was quite a b ...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Andrei Rybin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fatasy

Not the best Gaiman, not the best Pratchett, but a very fun book all in all, and it ends on a great note.

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Jun 20, 2016 Andria rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-faves

I have no idea how it took me so long to read this book. It's completely up my alley. Quirky, irreverent, laugh out loud funny (multiple times...I feel so bad for my neighbors). And underneath all the absurdity, there are interesting ideas about good vs. evil, theology, and the like. Really, really fun. I can see myself re-reading this one a lot in the coming years. ...more

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