Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Reviewed by: Melissa Friedlund, Reference Specialist
Genre: Fantasy
Suggested Age: Adult, Teen
What is the book about? In this newly-released (2021), unabridged, full-cast recording of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s quirky fantasy, the angel Aziraphale, and the demon Crowley like living among the humans so much they were only half-heartedly helping to bring about Armageddon. Now that the end is near, Crowley and Aziraphale have decided to try to thwart the Apocalypse. With all of Heaven and Hell eagerly anticipating the final battle, no one seems to know where the 11-year-old Antichrist ended up after he was given to Crowley as a baby. Agnes Nutter saw all of this hundreds of years ago and wrote it all down for her descendants to be prepared. Aziraphale finds Agnes’ “nice and accurate prophecies” that help locate the child, but the angel accidentally loses his body and winds up in Heaven before he can tell anyone. How can Aziraphale tell Crowley where the child is? Can Crowley escape the clutches of his enraged fellow-demons who want him to pay for messing up so egregiously? How can they stop the final destruction once the Four Horsemen meet up with the Antichrist? It’s all a delightfully, silly mess!
My Review: I listened to the Playaway version of this newly-recorded audiobook and enjoyed it immensely. The irreverent humor and absurd situations are par for the course with these two authors. If you like either Gaiman or Pratchett, you’ll like this one too. I recently watched the Netflix series, so that helped. The story is told in a non-linear style with quite a few characters to keep track of, so the full cast definitely works well here. The main characters in this audiobook are performed by the same actors in the series which made it even better. I can’t endorse this audiobook enough…especially if you enjoy silly, British humor.
Three Words That Describe This Book: Quirky, Entertaining, Funny
Give This a Try if You Like…Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, and Space Opera by Catherynne Valente
Rating: 5/5
