Good Omens (edit title)

• Rated 4 stars

“I enjoyed this book a lot. I also enjoyed it as a conversation starter, people would come up to me on the bus to talk about it.”

• Rated 5 stars

“MUST READ THIS. Timely, hysterical, thought-provoking, excellent with tea and ginger snaps.”

• Rated 0 stars

“ I don't know yet but I'm so excited for funny prophecies. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“What a cleverly written story! Loved it! A tongue-in-cheek parody of the movie "The Omen". A 17th century seer named Agnes Nutter created a set of prophesies that decribed the fate of the world as it speeds towards the apocalypse. Both a Demon and an Angel search for this prosphesy while both carrying out orders from above (or below, as the case may be). The Demon, Crowley, turns out to not be "evil" but generally finds humanity to be amusing and rather likes living among people. The anti-christ is an 11 year-old boy named Adam who wants to save the whales, get rid of nuclear energy (because it's uninteresting, and not green and bubbly) and protect the trees, while also wanting to play real-life war (with real people) and rule the earth his way. Loaded with great characters, hysterical observations and dialogue and a fast-paced plot. Another marvelous gem written by Gaiman and Pratchett.”

• Rated 4 stars

“I've always liked Neil Gaiman. Definately an interesting perspective on things in the book. ”

• Rated 0 stars

“It's unfortunate that I had to slog through 360 pages of the authors working very hard to be tremendously clever to get to about 30 pages of nicely written and enjoyable, yet still funny, prose.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Fantastic book from two masters of the fantasy genre”

• Rated 5 stars

“If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boy and his dog and his friends. And a summer that never ends.”

• Rated 4 stars

“I'm a huge fan both of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, so I was really looking forward to reading this book. Well, it certainly didn't disappoint - it was funny, witty, satirical without being cruel, and very entertaining.

It's a story about the end of the world, as predicted in the Bible, and features all the characters you might expect from the Apocalypse. Only they're not exactly what you'd expect (I specially liked the portrayal of the Four Horsemen and the Antichrist's dog). You have an angel and a demon who have developed a friendship and have spent so much time with Humanity that they have come to love it even with all its faults, and therefore don't really want the world to end. They are easily the best characters, but there's a myriad of others. I won't get into their descriptions here; it's best to read the book and discover the roles everyone takes.

All in all, I enjoyed this book, even if it does show painfully that it was written a long time ago (some of the jokes might have been fresh back then but have since been overused; also, the technology has since evolved, how shall I put it, immensely). But it's still funny and raises some very interesting points, so I recommend it.”

• Rated 2 stars

“I heard so many good things about this book that I really looked forward to reading it - but I couldn't get into it. The humor was just too dry.”