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• I haven't read any other Neil Gaiman books, but this has put him on my "must-read" list. For Terry Pratchett it's a welcome departure from Discworld.This is an incredibly funny (and very British) story about a biblical apocalypse gone slightly awry. A familiarity with Christianity and the book of Revelations in particular would be helpful in getting many of the jokes, but I think it'd be enjoyable regardless.

  5.00 out of 5

  felius

• I love, love, love this book. Seriously. I have read it an obscene number of times and can go on at length with the various brilliant quotes and clever bits.

  5.00 out of 5

  rfplsam

• This was really a fun book. It was just fun to read and really entertaining. Some of the aspects I really liked about the book were contained in it's humor. The book is overall fairly and likes to poke fun at lots of subjects, such as Americans, the British, and many more. Many of the characters in the book at first feel like they should be cliche, but turn out to find a way of getting out of that trap and become interesting and engaging. I like the use of footnotes throughout the book to add some humor into parts where it does not fit directly. Some of my favorite parts of the novel are the conversations between Crowley and Aziraphale. They feel light-hearted and fun for the most part, but there is another layer to a lot of what they are talking about. Their conversations, as well as the book as a whole talks a lot about Heaven and Hell, and the good-naturedness versus evil intentions of humans without becoming overbearing or heavy handed in giving their opinion. My favorite character in the novel, Newton Pulsifer, also is just one example of the many great characters in the novel. He is just a kinda normalish guy that answers an add for Witch Hunters and gets thrown into this epic battle of Heaven versus Hell and has to find a way to come out of it alive and unharmed. Dog is another great example of the kind of humor that really makes this novel great. From the story of his naming to some of his interactions with some of the other animals in the neighborhood, is fun. The only thing I think I did not like about the novel was that the end sequence kind of came very late and did not last as long as I thought it did. Granted, I never felt that the build-up to it was too long or dragging, but I just wish that it was a bit longer then it was. Thought I would like to be clear, this is a minor complaint about a novel that besides this one minor point, was one of the most fun and enjoyable books I have come across in a long time.

  5.00 out of 5

  ngeunit1

• I LOVE IT! So, the premise: the time has come for the end of days, but there's an angel and a demon that have worked the same territory forever and have both developed their own deep attachments for This World (one of the angel's is for BOOKS!). Anyway, the two work together to prevent the Anti-Christ from fulfilling his task so the world can continue. Meanwhile you have the infant Anti-Christ placed with the wrong family, the Hell Hound chasing butterflies, and the Four Horsemen riding Harleys! What more can I say.

  5.00 out of 5

  LibrarySprite333

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