Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett
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Crazy, crazy, crazy book. I was reminded of reading Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy while I was reading Good Omens (and felt the same way I did with Hitchhiker’s as well.. as if about 90% of the book was just flying over my head).
It was crazy in a very fun way though. I chortled and laughed dozens and dozens of times. I found myself scratching my head and re-reading certain paragraphs again and again, and at times I felt my eyes cross because there was just so much happening.
I loved the portrayal of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine was especially my favorite, I think mostly because I can see something like that happening today! It’s not at all far from where we are as a society.
The one thing that confused me the most was, for having Agnes Nutter in the title, there really wasn’t all that much having to do with her prophesies. I did enjoy them when they showed up, it just didn’t seem like a central part of the book.
But that aside, I did enjoy it. I actually ended up purchasing a copy because I knew, just like Hitchhiker’s, it would be a book I’d need to re-read again and again to “get”.
