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Watchmen

Alan Moore

4.3 AVERAGE


What an incredible, absolutely incredible, book. Tired to take note of every inner working and still probably missed half of it. In this book every character and every story matters, and yet the haunting reality the book lives in (and so do we) is the inherit flawed-ness of every human philosophy in contrast to the resilience of the human spirit.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

2.8/5
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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
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Such an incredible exploration into human morals and principles. Every character was deeply flawed and complex, despite most of them wanting the same thing they each had their own twisted reasons for thinking that way and questionable ways of achieving said goals. The characters compliment each other perfectly, the writing is absolutely incredible and the flow and parallels to be drawn had my brain firing in every which direction to analyse what I was reading.

This is a perfect example of the graphic novel format, I don't think there is a single better way this story could have been told. I absolutely devoured this and I'm sure I'll be thinking about it for a long time to come.
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

No esperaba mucho de este libro, pero al mismo tiempo sabía que es muy recomendado así que eso me hizo darle una chance, por suerte lo hice porque me a gancho y se salió del esquema de lo que suelo leer. Me encantan los misterios y eso era el mayor atractivo del libro para mí, toda su parte de detectives, lo cual muchas veces hacia frustrante el proceso de leer las partes que no tratan de eso y me sacaban de esa trama, aún así eso logró que el final me generará mucho más y aprecio esa cualidad mucho. Creo que podría ser algo que relea para ver como la trama se desarrolla sabiendo el final y si eso cambia mi perspectiva de su desarrollo. 

Totally lived up to the hype and I'm really sad it's finished. So many themes and moral discussions that are highly relevant to today. I'm glad I finally got to read it.
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Bit of a bummer. Kinda graphic for a novel.