Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

  • Started on: 2012-07-25
  • Finished on: 2012-07-31
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Humor

I’m still in a bit of a reading-funk, so when I found Good Omens by both Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, two authors whose work I really like, I couldn’t wait to start reading it. And I wasn’t disappointed. It is the story of the apocalypse, told from the view-point of an angel and a demon who have lived on earth for a long time, and have become friends. They also kind of like us humans, saying they are capable of greater good and evil without help of heaven and hell than would ever be possible with help. Anyway, the apocalypse is upon us, complete with Antichrist. The Antichrist (the son of the Devil) has been placed with a family, and when he turns eleven… all hell will break loose, quite literally. But, what if he is misplaced? And his upbringing was quite normal (English middle-class)? And why should there even be an apocalypse?
The book is absurd, funny, fast-moving and just all in all fun. If you like absurd humor, if you like Gaiman or Pratchett, if you like not taking religion as seriously as some, then this is the book for you. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2012-07-25
  • Finished on: 2012-07-31
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Humor

I’m still in a bit of a reading-funk, so when I found Good Omens by both Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, two authors whose work I really like, I couldn’t wait to start reading it. And I wasn’t disappointed. It is the story of the apocalypse, told from the view-point of an angel and a demon who have lived on earth for a long time, and have become friends. They also kind of like us humans, saying they are capable of greater good and evil without help of heaven and hell than would ever be possible with help. Anyway, the apocalypse is upon us, complete with Antichrist. The Antichrist (the son of the Devil) has been placed with a family, and when he turns eleven… all hell will break loose, quite literally. But, what if he is misplaced? And his upbringing was quite normal (English middle-class)? And why should there even be an apocalypse?
The book is absurd, funny, fast-moving and just all in all fun. If you like absurd humor, if you like Gaiman or Pratchett, if you like not taking religion as seriously as some, then this is the book for you. Four out of five stars.