Good Omens

First things first. Crowley and Aziraphale are awesome. This book should have had way more of the two of them hanging out and arguing about the Ineffable Plan and listening to classical music that turns into Queen. I loved basically every scene where the two of them were together, and most of the scenes of just Crowley too (though I really didn't need all those pages about the total destruction of his car). There wasn't enough of that wicked banter, IMO. The beginning was so strong, what with Good and Evil fighting over the wrong Antichrist, and the ridiculous Satanic nunnery and all that.

I was expecting a wild ride, but I don't think the momentum held up through the entire book, and that was disappointing. I did think the Second Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were kind of funny, constantly making up what terrible things they would be (lol at No-Alcohol Lager), but overall I felt like there were too many characters who popped in and out once or twice (or only once and then never appeared again - like what was the point of Jaime and the tree in the office building?) and didn't play a big enough role to justify being there.

It was hard to get past some of the one-off racist jokes that peppered this book. I don't think "hating everyone equally" like Shadwell is a good enough reason to include hateful language, and it bothered me.

Strong start, some good characters, but this didn't really land for me. 2.5 stars.