Good Omens Book Review

Good Omens is hilarious. Honestly, I read the first chapter and I laughed so hard. It shows the angel and snake chatting after the angel drove Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden. But the angel felt bad, so he gave them the flaming sword and then discusses good and evil with the snake.

Genius. Pure genius.

The run down is an Anti-Christ is placed on the Earth, destined to lead the world to an Apocalypse. Unfortunately, the Satanist Nuns misplace him and he ends up in a normal family, uneducated on good and evil. Crowley, a demon, and Aziraphale, an angel, are best friends. They have lived on the Earth a long time and it has distanced them from their coworkers. So they hang out. And they are supposed to be keeping tabs on the Anti-Christ, but it takes them 11 years to figure out they’ve got the wrong kid; which mildly pisses off their bosses.

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet wrote this book together, and it feels like they were trying to outdo each other with quirky humor. I know that Crowley is loosely based on Gaiman, and it makes me wonder if Aziraphale is somewhat similar to Pratchet. Crowley and Aziraphale are the main plot, giving the reader a careless and ironic approach to a very religious topic.

This book has religion in it, it deals with angels and demons, but it’s not religious. It isn’t moralistic, it’s casually satirical and witty. I love the randomness and clever witticisms.