Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Good Omens

The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

1990 • 432 pages

Ratings921

Average rating4.2

15

Contains spoilers

Humorous, although generally I found it to be not laugh-out-lout funny. The writing and wrap-up in the last four or five pages are what bring up my rating, though I won't spoil anything. The two authors did a good job keeping a consistent narrative voice throughout, such that I can't guess who wrote what except for a few changes in tone near the beginning. Overall would recommend to fans of Neil Gaiman.

Actually, here's a spoiler:

I went into this with pretty much no idea of what happens in the book, and really enjoyed that much of the beginning is a farcical take on "The Omen". For some reason that was a much-worn VHS tape in our house growing up, so the constant callbacks to the plot of that movie were unexpectedly fun for me.

October 22, 2022