{"id":2290,"date":"2019-05-20T10:38:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2019-05-20T10:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:38:35","slug":"review-good-omens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/review-good-omens\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Good Omens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Armageddon Will Be Quirky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Review of<\/p>\n

GOOD OMENS: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett<\/p>\n

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4\/5 Stars<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This one has been on my \u201cTo Be Read\u201d pile for far too long, and with the Amazon Prime series coming up, I thought it might be high time to give it a go.<\/p>\n

I love Pratchett and I love Gaiman, so why not?<\/p>\n

In a world that was created on Sunday, 21 October, 4004 B.C. at 9:00 AM GMT (give or take 15 minutes), this quirky and delightfully funny take on Good vs. Evil begins a weird ride with the birth (and subsequent misplacement) of the anti-Christ.<\/p>\n

But a demon (Crowley) and an angel (Aziraphale) like the world as it is, thank you very much and would prefer Armageddon be put off indefinitely.<\/p>\n

What follows is a mish-mash of perspectives and misadventures for the demon and angel, an Anti-Christ child named Adam and his little Gang called the Them, who has no idea who the child is, but Adam keeps making his conspiracy theories come true, a hell-hound named Dog who is a cute and fluffy mutt, a descendant of the titular Agnes Nutter, the last two Witchfinders in England and the Four Horsemen.<\/p>\n

The story is more akin the Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide\u00a0<\/em>in tone and lightness of prose than some of either author\u2019s darker works. It\u2019s a fun read, but I pulled a star for the significant amount of head-hopping that is, at times, confusing.<\/p>\n

Overall, a good read. As always, I recommend reading the source material before seeing the movie\/TV show<\/p>\n

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