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lux--nova · 2 years ago

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im reading good omens and im feeling a little tricked right now because like. you guys did not talk enough about the racism in this book. theres the obvious stuff like shadwell being explicitly described as racist and misogynistic being played for laughs because "oh he hates everyone" so actually he's a loveable old bigot who you just can't help but like anyway but then there's the smaller bits like talking about japanese manufacturing and referencing "nigirizushi, japan" as a fictional town to joke about japanese people i guess?? idk I know this is an old book by today's standards and a lot if not all of this has been addressed by the authors and wasn't included in the show but like damn it is definitely interrupting the flow of just reading this book bc I have to keep stopping and being like damn it really said that huh

#i know yall love the gaiman/pratchett style too but the way its written feels clunky #every sentence is at least one if not multiple jokes and it's taken so long for me to read this book #because it literally feels like i have to chew every word to progress with it #there are some really funny and clever and witty parts but god it's just so much #they really couldve benefitted by editing down the sardonic quips a bit #sorry good omens fans ive just literally only seen one other post critiquing this book on this site before #and it was someone in the tags of a post talking abour racism in white liberal media where someone had mentioned oh yeah good omens #good omens

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