A review by stitchandwitch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
4.0
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. First of all, I listened to this on an audiobook. I'll be re-reading it at some point in a book form.
An attempt at a summary (which may or may not give spoilers): The world is going to end on Saturday, but due to a mixup with the intentional switched at birth attempt of the child anti-christ, he has been misplaced. Meanwhile there are demons flying through phone lines and fish in the streets. The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been joined by four bikers. Also, a woman who pretends to be psychic has found herself in touch with a spirit she didn't necessarily want, and a man who loves to complain to newspapers finds himself in situations so outlandish even he can't write them. If it can happen in the book of Revelations, or if you can imagine it happening in some new version of Revelations, it can happen in this satyrical novel of the future of the world.
This is a really funny book. I laughed out loud and got weird looks from other drivers at stop lights, but there is also a deeper thread of questioning religion and society that tends to be in most of Gaiman and Pratchett's work. When you have Angels of the Apocalypse who are naming themselves "Grievous Bodily Harm" and "Things Not Working Properly Even After You've Given Them A Good Thumping but secretly No Alcohol Lager" you can't help but laugh, but there is also this interesting dialogue being hinted at about what we value, and what we hate. And where those values will take us in the future.
But mostly, with this book, you'll laugh.
http://imaginekatrina.blogspot.com/2014/12/good-omens-by-neil-gaiman-and-terry.html
An attempt at a summary (which may or may not give spoilers): The world is going to end on Saturday, but due to a mixup with the intentional switched at birth attempt of the child anti-christ, he has been misplaced. Meanwhile there are demons flying through phone lines and fish in the streets. The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been joined by four bikers. Also, a woman who pretends to be psychic has found herself in touch with a spirit she didn't necessarily want, and a man who loves to complain to newspapers finds himself in situations so outlandish even he can't write them. If it can happen in the book of Revelations, or if you can imagine it happening in some new version of Revelations, it can happen in this satyrical novel of the future of the world.
This is a really funny book. I laughed out loud and got weird looks from other drivers at stop lights, but there is also a deeper thread of questioning religion and society that tends to be in most of Gaiman and Pratchett's work. When you have Angels of the Apocalypse who are naming themselves "Grievous Bodily Harm" and "Things Not Working Properly Even After You've Given Them A Good Thumping but secretly No Alcohol Lager" you can't help but laugh, but there is also this interesting dialogue being hinted at about what we value, and what we hate. And where those values will take us in the future.
But mostly, with this book, you'll laugh.
http://imaginekatrina.blogspot.com/2014/12/good-omens-by-neil-gaiman-and-terry.html