Well, this was an interesting read. This graphic novel starts out as a murder mystery that is very bloody and very gory. It gets into occultism and then moves further along the case, as the original investigator becomes a murderer. Then to the new investigators becoming hostages in a sex cult, that all links into HP Lovecraft. I have found Lovecraft stories to be very interesting and this take on them is quite a bit disturbing. I find it disturbing both for the monsters, the sex, the blood, the gore all of it. I can’t say that I liked and/or enjoyed this book but I did find it interesting. While I do like a lot of Alan Moore’s understand why this was published indie instead of with DC or some other mainstream publisher. My final thoughts are basically “what the f… did I just read?”

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

2.5

I can appreciate this as part of the foundation of Providence, but nothing more than that. I would consider this incredibly weak relative to what Moore is capable of with his writing; it makes sense that this was, from what I understand, written because Moore “needed some money quickly”.

I understand Moore’s intention of pulling back the curtain on Lovecraft’s personal beliefs and mythos but, specifically regarding the mythos, I think Lovecraft’s references to ‘nameless rituals’ leaves a lot more to each reader’s personal imagination than the gruesome sequence Moore presents.

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