Series
Description
In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse. Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of the real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2019
Physical description
5.4 inches
Publication
BBC (2019)
UPC
883929636907
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Awards
Hugo Award (Nominee — 2020)
User reviews
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
This made me want to read the book again. The story starts with the Garden of Eden and ends with an Angel and Demon taking a stance.
It was a favourite book when it came out and it's a good adaptation of the story. I do recommend finding the Chattering Nuns of St Beryl's promotional piece Brand New
It was a favourite book when it came out and it's a good adaptation of the story. I do recommend finding the Chattering Nuns of St Beryl's promotional piece Brand New
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Baby Smell after you're done. Sadly it doesn't appear to be on the DVD. Show Less
LibraryThing member comfypants
An angel and a demon try to stop the apocalypse.
3/4 (Good).
It's fun when it's silly, but too silly for the story to matter.
3/4 (Good).
It's fun when it's silly, but too silly for the story to matter.
LibraryThing member travelgirl-fics
wonderful acting, writing, plotting, characters. i can't say enough for this mini-series
Media reviews
... It doesn't quite work, because it doesn't quite disguise the fact that beneath the razzle-dazzle, every character apart from the main two is tissue-paper thin. This is particularly true of the female parts (Frances McDormand as the narrating voice of God aside), a historical weakness in the
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fantasy genre you might have expected Gaiman to take the opportunity to shore up. When both Crowley and Aziraphale are offscreen, things fall flat. In fact, a distinct sense that everyone is just marking time until they come back creeps in (albeit alleviated by the occasional appearance of Jon Hamm as Gabriel, nailing every fleeting moment he has as Aziraphale's shit-eating, Armageddon-happy boss). ... Good Omens was brought to the screen – after languishing in development hell for decades, gaining the reputation of an "unfilmable" book – in fulfilment of Pratchett's last wishes. It is perhaps an understandable sense of duty that has prevented Gaiman from making as free and as fresh an adaptation as he might have under other circumstances – fleshing out minor figures, and bringing the themes alive with more modern touches than Crowley's devilment now including the invention of the selfie. At the same time, his central involvement as writer, adapter and executive producer has, inevitably, diluted and displaced the Pterryness (which is always a more gleeful thing than the Gaimanesque). It is a shame that Good Omens' advent on to our screens at last feels like such a wasted opportunity. Show Less