EdibleFuchsia reviewed Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Good fun
5 stars
The one set on Earth with Crowley & friends and Agnes Nutter and her prophecies. Great fun, excellent plot.
412 pages
English language
Published March 1, 2006
According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .
The one set on Earth with Crowley & friends and Agnes Nutter and her prophecies. Great fun, excellent plot.
I read this about 20 years ago and liked it then, so I thought I'd give it a re-read. It's nothing like I remember.
I was a little surprised by this one. Maybe I’m not the right target audience but I found it all just a tiny bit too whimsical for me. I still thoroughly enjoyed it though, just not 5 stars enjoyed it