Reviews

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

johnbat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

whimsicalmeerkat's review against another edition

5.0

Alan Moore has said that he was in a bad mood during the Eighties. I think he simply lived during an awful time. No matter how her memory is being whitewashed these days, don't forget that Margaret Thatcher wanted to do things like sterilize homosexuals and put them in camps. V for Vendetta is darkly beautiful. It is also intelligent and the film absolutely missed the point of the book.

amanda_rae89's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

piccolowen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

shashanks's review against another edition

4.0

I saw the movie during my college years ,and was mesmerized by the voice of Hugo Weaving, vulnerability of Natalie Portman ,and vision of the world preached by 'V'.
After chancing upon the book in my local library was not able to leave it unread.
A visceral read ,and perhaps ever more relevant in this day and age of global tech surveillance ,mostly voluntary(a lot forced in the name of order/safety/governance and what not).

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
Word !

tmarso's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense

5.0

Incredible. The quality improves as it goes along and it starts out pretty good.

caitydiddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

guppyur's review against another edition

4.0

Sometimes I think modern works like this, which to me are about privacy, civil liberties, corruption, freedom, and so forth are unimportant, because everyone knows about those things already. Other times I think they are they most important works of all, because so many people have clearly forgotten about all of those things, and so it's good to have someone raise them publicly.

As you've probably gathered, I'm a fan of this one. A note: Alan Moore hates the film adaptation. He hates adaptations of all of his works, so this is unsurprising. Personally I think the film does a fine job of capturing most of what the comic has to offer. It's missing a bit, so if you enjoyed the film and want to dig a little deeper, go ahead and pick up a copy. I rarely read graphic novels, for several reasons, not least of which is that the writing is so often garbage. Moore is one of the few who transcends the rest of the genre, and I think V For Vendetta is worth reading for that as well as for its treatment of the ideas it explores.

fuzzyfreez's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

maddyreads89's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0