Title: Not my Favorite Gaiman
Product review: I'm a big fan of Neil Gaiman, but this may be my least favorite work of his. This is because GOOD OMENS is written as a pure farce, where all the characters act in a silly and unbelievable manner. This novel features a very large cast of characters, and almost none of them are fully developed. As a result, I didn't find this novel particularly engaging.GOOD OMENS is very funny in spots, but I think the authors are more interested in being clever than telling a good story. That's okay for a piece of short fiction, but the cleverness wears thin in a 400-page novel. I enjoyed the beginning of this book, but got tired of it after the first hundred pages. Many compare this book to HITCHHIKER's GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, but keep in mind that this novel is over twice as long as HITCHHIKER.If you've never read Gaiman before, my advice is to read NEVERWHERE or STARDUST first. Those novels will give you a better sense of his enormous talent.
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