Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

8 reviews

pam_simpson06's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cursing and Racial slurs

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Death, and War

Minor: Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Child death, and Homophobia

the_bees_books's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

If you've watched the series, read this, if you like angels and demons, read this, if you're looking forward to the apocalypse, read this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Death, War, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

uparrowhead's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Good Omens is a fantastic and loveable book which I enjoyed every minute of reading. I found it interesting to watch as different characters and stories all prepared for what could be the end of the world but came together in the end. I found the ending to be a fulfilling conclusion to the story that gives info to the lives of all of the characters after the events throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and War

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Hmm. I liked this book more by the last third or so, but still, it took me a while to get into it. There were a lot of dark violent things that deeply bothered me, even though they were usually taken back or didn't happen or whatever. I think I might like the show more. I did like the last few bits a lot though. 

Edit/update: I do like the show more, and that's made me want to bump my review of the book up to 4 stars?? But I'm not going to because that seems silly. But I'd maybe recommend watching the show and then reading the book. A fair amount is different, and maybe it'll make the show harder to understand (?), but I think doing things in that order would have made me enjoy the book more. I like the show and am excited for the second season, but I also don't like it enough to want to reread the book haha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Eating disorder, Murder, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: War, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, Genocide, and Infidelity

itsbumley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, War, and Eating disorder

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Some of the content warnings may be inferred from the character list at the beginning.

The characters include the four horsemen of the apocalypse (War, Famine, Pollution, Death). Scenes including War and Famine in particular involve detailed descriptions of violence, war, starvation, fatphobia, body shaming and positive representations of eating disorders.

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Genocide, Car accident, Homophobia, Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, and War

major_tom's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

It’s an amazing book worth reading to anyone. It has witty jokes, original story telling and unique premise with very relevant themes. Be careful if you’re British, though. And either very easily offended, or overly patriotic to an extent of ridiculousness.

It was adapted to TV series (with season 2 confirmed now!) so you definitely should check that out. It’s very close to the book, so if you can, I would suggest watching first. To me, I would have found it hard to understand some bits in the book if I didn’t watch Good Omens first (but I’m not native speaker, so take it with a grain of salt).
 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Genocide, Murder, and Religious bigotry