Aug 29, 2023mscholten22 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It's been on the to-read list for a while, and I was a bit nervous to tackle it given its notoriety and my discomforts with graphic novels. That being said, it was absolutely epic and worthwhile and highly rec'd. It's expansive,…
Aug 29, 2022Anita_Dickey rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. I used the 2022 prompt read a technology themed book. It is also part of Listopia's 300 books everyone should read once. It is mostly graphic novel intersparsed with pages of…
Aug 01, 2022Anita_Dickey rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. I used the 2022 prompt read a technology themed book. It is also part of Listopia's 300 books everyone should read once. It is mostly graphic novel intersparsed with pages of…
Feb 18, 2022TPage97 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Anyone with an interest in the concept of heroism, vigilantism, and philosophy, specifically the trolley problem, will find this graphic novel not just a must read, but a must add to their own personal collection, as its relevance is still…
Dec 01, 2021Hareem_ rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Ok so the only reason I even read this was because of school. It was pretty good but I felt like there was waayy too much going on. And after reading so much manga and manhwa, reading something like this where the art is more realistic and…
Oct 29, 2021_MoSS_ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A book I never thought I'd like or thought of reading! my stepfather owns this book so when I found it pushed onto my bookshelf with nowhere else to put it I found myself reading it out of interest.
the story is very fleshed out and…
Aug 19, 2021BenjaminBH rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
It's hard to understand how such a great idea can be so terribly executed. Perhaps it's just Alan Moore's writting style but I found this book almost unreadable. First of all, the dialogue. Talk talk talk. It just goes on and on. Every…
Apr 19, 20213ARL3Y rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Just an absolutely incredible piece of art that I've come back to eagerly to read again. The storytelling is fantastic: it never fails to amaze me how cleverly the author intertwines scenes that are happening simultaneously to enhance each…
Apr 19, 2021jdanilo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
People tend to regard Watchmen as the perfect graphic novel, and they're not wrong. Moore excels at writing from different perspectives, all of his characters are incredibly complex. Anyone who thinks graphic novels are a juvenile medium…
Mar 31, 2021henryamartinson rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Watchmen is absolutely brilliant. Alongside an unrelenting sense of dread and doom, Moore examines a miriad of social, political, and moral issues that (unfortunately) continue to be relevant. It's a true masterpiece.
Dec 09, 2020VonHafenstaaad rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a great comic book, there is no doubt in my mind of that fact. I didn't know that before reading it, but I'd heard a lot of praise for this work from people I trust with such things. I certainly wasn't disappointed when I finished…
May 08, 2020dmasterson rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Watchmen supplants the traditional, idealized superman archetype with deeply flawed masked crime fighters who engage in all manner of dishonorable, narcissistic, and abusive behavior. This graphic novel’s intricate world building gives…
First time graphic novel reader; although I liked the idea of the graphic format, I was not a huge fan. The novel had a decent crime fighting plot with some violence and sexual situations. The novel is definitely a different and unique…
Feb 04, 2020humbleworm rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I am not normally a fan of graphic novels but there is a surprising abundance of material for literary analysis in Watchmen. This is gritty and somewhat depressing with its fatalism and flawed heroes but the ending is both grounded and…
Sep 28, 2019kate_se rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Given the current popularity of superheroes, this graphic novel seems more timely than ever. I especially appreciated that the story showed how ordinary people reacted to a world overrun with vigilantes. And the illustrations! I cannot say…
Jul 01, 2019IndyPL_DagnyV rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This has been on my "To Read" list for a while now and I'm glad I finally picked it up. There is a reason this is a graphic novel classic. The artwork and storytelling are done with detail and care. I'm going to have to re-read this one…
Sep 10, 2018Andrew Kyle Bacon rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There are two things WATCHMEN asks of its readers: 1. Can bad men do good things, and 2. Can our heroes be bad men. The book has no answers, merely questions, and this is important. The world of this novel is parallel to our own, with an…
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