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Watchmen

Alan Moore

4.3 AVERAGE


I have no idea why I put off reading this for so long. At first I was interested but when the story gets going and the characters are opened up to the reader, it gets really interesting. Great ending, great story, great characters.
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Excellent. I'm rotating these masked madmen in my brain as I write this. (I can't believe I didn't notice Babaustis was supposed to be a Set animal until the last chapter, great detail, just a little icing on the cake for me.)
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: No

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

Watched the movie when it came out and the HBO series before having ready this. All three pieces are amazing in their own way. Very glad to have read this, and enjoyed all the historical references and the alternative history possibilities.