Occult Classic (Kinda like "A cult classic")
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I wonder if my writing a review for this book is a waste of time. There are already so many giving this book and it's authours all of the praise they're due!
Bravo!
But I love this book so much I just have to talk about it!
Here we see a collaboration between Gaiman and Pratchett so cleverly written and elaborate. Many strands of story converging together in a well ordered and thought-ahead way. Something hard for one writer to convey on his/her own let alone having to confure with co-writer on a different continent.
Some obvious Pratchett style writing - obvious Gaiman Style and some, where the writers themselves are said to not know who wrote it.
As if the book wrote, grew and evolved all on its own.
I think one of the best ways to describe its content is to draw on its obvious paralells with the widely known Omen Trilogy (or quadrilogy if you want to recognise that awful 4th instalment made many years later) and even that assimily does not do it justice.
Another way would be to say it's the "Scary movie" of books, but where this is incredibly dry and witty and actully funny!!
I whole heartedly unreservedly recommend you buy this book NOW!!
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A bit of a let down
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It starts off really well with very funny lines and then drags on a bit.
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I love Good Omens
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When I first came across this book I read it because I had enjoyed Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. I found it a little too funny, since I do most of my reading on the bus or in public and kept laughing out loud, but the embarrassment was worth it. I have insisted my friends read it and have actually missed this book while I had lent it to them. Good Omens was also my introduction to Neil Gaiman whose books I have also loved and I think that this book is the perfect blend of the two authors. Everyone I know has found it hilarious, even those who I didn't think would. It is a fantastic read and I wish I could find fault with it
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A pleasant read, but left me feeling slightly empty
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If you like Discworld, you'll probably like this. Not as madcap as the Discworld series but pretty loony all the same. There is definitely a serious message or several in there, but I was enjoying the story too much to stop and anal-ise it! My only gripe is that there's not enough absolute doom in the book for a hardened cynic.... well, that and the fact the book kind of fizzzzzzzzlllllsss ou.....
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A Classic
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Neil Gaiman writes excellent books. Terry Pratchett writes excellent books. Both have very different styles and one would wonder, given that writing partnerships are quite difficult to pull off, whether this one is going to work. Trust me, it really does.
I first read this book when I was in my teens and it has remained one of my favourite books ever since. It never fails to make me laugh. I have re-read it myriad times, and now I only have to think of things like the M25 being an evil sigil of doom, or the fact that any tape left in a car long enough morphs into a Best of Queen collection and it makes me smile.
This book is about the Witch Finder General and about the End of the World, and is hilarious and brilliant and well worth getting to add to your bookshelf. You won't be sorry you did.
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