Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

30 reviews

mckiheather's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Reading after watching the series (great adaptation), this was a great book. Still loved the characters, and I liked how the book explored more of the pieces of the story and you can see it all kind of fall together.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and War

nindie's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

I wanted to read this book as soon as possible as it is the book that inspired my favourite show. I enjoyed it while listening to the audiobook at the same time. The only issue is that some parts were unnecessarily long or didn't need to be included at all. It would have saved a few pages if these parts were cut and wouldn't have affected much of the story. Anyway, I still enjoyed the book! ^^

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Cursing, Body shaming, Slavery, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Gun violence, Racism, and Infidelity

justamy's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Fatphobia, War, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Ableism, and Violence

memmah's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War

theworstpear's review

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and War

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The most delightful thing about this book are Aziraphale and Crowley, who have a lovely relationship and are also both just fun in their own ways.
I was deeply fascinated by how many different ways they found to call Aziraphale gay. Personal favourites include him collecting Oscar Wilde first editions, getting called three different anti-gay slurs, and frequenting discreet Victorian gentleman's clubs.
The book contains some killer quotes and I quite liked the ending. 

Unfortunately there's rather a lot of scenes you have to soldier through that are about character that didn't interest me despite their best efforts.
Also, as much as both Anathema and Madam Tracy are boring, they still deserve better boyfriends than the ones they end up with. Those dudes Suck.
The scenes that I hated the most were the ones apparently written mostly by just-Neil or just-Terry, which are the long passages of War and Famine that aged incredibly poorly, and children talking at each other for ages. 

There's also a lot of racism in this book, which is either supposed to be satire or just reflecting the way that white British people in 1990 thought about the rest of the world. Doesn't change the fact that it's racist, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Cursing, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Confinement

mixmousereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Homophobia

Minor: Cursing

withlivjones's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Filled with some very British humour and a matter-of-fact omniscient narration style, this book was a lot of fun to read. Parts of it did drag a little and the prose itself is quite dense and requires quite a bit of concentration, but there’s something so whimsical about this book, even when tackling such macabre topics as the end of the world, that makes it very enjoyable. The authors do a really good job of balancing the many subplots and running gags so that nothing got too confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, and Violence

dodie_sullivan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, and Racism

sstrawberry_fieldss's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Fatphobia