Good Omens (Discworld)
by Neil Gaiman
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Manufacturer: Corgi Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780552137034
ISBN: 0552137030
Label: Corgi Books
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 1991-05-23
Publisher: Corgi Books
Studio: Corgi Books
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Some Stupid Amazon Employee
Comment: This is not a Discworld novel - Terry Pratchett has written books other than Discworld...
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Summary: Occult Classic (Kinda like "A cult classic")
Comment: 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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Summary: A bit of a let down
Comment: It starts off really well with very funny lines and then drags on a bit.
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Summary: I love Good Omens
Comment: 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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Summary: A pleasant read, but left me feeling slightly empty
Comment: 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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