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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

30 reviews

popsicleplease's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and War

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Fatphobia

junglejelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Recently listened to the full production audiobook after reading the print version years ago.

I absolutely loved this audiobook with all the cast voices, including the great ensemble.

This will be one of my most treasured books, despite dated language used which is why I knocked off 0.25.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, War, Car accident, Homophobia, and Death

rory_john14's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Infidelity

theworstpear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and War

elysianbud's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Incredibly funny book. Moments of harsh reality pointed out in hilarious ways that sort of gives you whiplash.

Eg. "You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?

Very enjoyable read. So very 90s. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, War, and Racial slurs

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The most delightful thing about this book are Aziraphale and Crowley, who have a lovely relationship and are also both just fun in their own ways.
I was deeply fascinated by how many different ways they found to call Aziraphale gay. Personal favourites include him collecting Oscar Wilde first editions, getting called three different anti-gay slurs, and frequenting discreet Victorian gentleman's clubs.
The book contains some killer quotes and I quite liked the ending. 

Unfortunately there's rather a lot of scenes you have to soldier through that are about character that didn't interest me despite their best efforts.
Also, as much as both Anathema and Madam Tracy are boring, they still deserve better boyfriends than the ones they end up with. Those dudes Suck.
The scenes that I hated the most were the ones apparently written mostly by just-Neil or just-Terry, which are the long passages of War and Famine that aged incredibly poorly, and children talking at each other for ages. 

There's also a lot of racism in this book, which is either supposed to be satire or just reflecting the way that white British people in 1990 thought about the rest of the world. Doesn't change the fact that it's racist, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Cursing, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Confinement

the_bees_books's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

If you've watched the series, read this, if you like angels and demons, read this, if you're looking forward to the apocalypse, read this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Death, War, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

mixmousereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Homophobia

Minor: Cursing

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and War

supremeburrito's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I honestly prefer the book to the Amazon series. The plot is more…at ease amongst the zaniness going on. 
It’s perfect as is and ngl

unless they tie Warlock into Season 2 with what I interpreted at the end as Warlock having demonic powers like Adam I really don’t understand why they are making a Season 2 at all.

In my opinion, I saw Adam as the main character with everyone else in the plot moving as major characters around him, including Aziraphale and Crowley. Now that I have read the book, I am not saying that the Amazon series is now utter trash and you shouldn’t watch it (because you should). What I’m  saying is that the book is my preferred adaptation because Aziraphale and Crowley less limelight in the book than they did in the show, which gave other characters I completely forgot about some small space in the story and more important people got to have room to breathe. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, and Alcohol