I am still having a ridiculously hard time in school so I
decided that a book about the apocalypse would provide the pick-me-up that I
needed. Damned if it didn’t help. I’m sure pretty much everyone reading this
has already read Good Omens, probably
multiple times. It’s just one of those
books that is impossible not to like: smart, funny, and extremely British.
The story begins with an angel, Aziraphale, and a demon,
Crowley, discussing the ineffable plan shortly after Adam and Eve are banished
from the Garden of Eden. The two
continue this discussion throughout the next 6,000 years. Things come to a head once the Antichrist is
born, even though he is promptly misplaced and raised without influences from
heaven or hell.
11 years later the Antichrist, Adam, is living an idyllic
life for an English boy, he has his gang of friends and is unaware of his
powers. Despite this, the apocalypse is
moving forward as planned and the world is destined to end on Saturday. Aziraphale and Crowley, along with Witchfinders,
professional descendants, Adam and his gang, and the four horsemen are all
doing their part in fulfilling the predictions of Agnes Nutter, the only truly
accurate prophet known to the world.
What is there to say?
I love this book and I wish everyone would read it. It is smart and so funny that I scare people
on the metro with my laughing. I’m glad
that I live in a world where writers like Pratchett and Gaiman exist and that I
can get swept up into their ridiculous logic.
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