Reviews - From Hell: Master Edition

773 reviews for:

From Hell: Master Edition

Alan Moore

4.01 AVERAGE

literaryinluv's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

alan moore is a very smart man who did hella research, and i appreciate and respect that. but my god was this a trudge through mud for me. the trudge was sometimes interspersed with pausing due to all the needless sexual scenes and gore which like yes it's a jack the ripper story but also THAT'S ENOUGH SLICES.

amutter's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

leotzin's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this one a heck of a lot more now that I am older than I did when younger. It is actually quite brilliant (if it suffers the typical Alan Moore bullshit ideology problems that all his books have)

iameannis's review against another edition

4.0

This was another book I read in one or two days. Very interesting story.

eeconley31's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative 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: Yes

laurenmiller100's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

This was rough. As many reviewers have mentioned, there’s an incredible amount of Masonic philosophy presented with an healthy dose of misogyny. Ironically, despite that, it’s not even that interesting. The characters are also hard to tell apart for way too long.

yorkshirecaviar's review against another edition

3.0

This is undoubtedly an astonishing achievement, yet one that I have to admit struggling with at times. The art is minimal yet very effective and this is particularly highlighted when the story turns grizzly. Some of the murders are shown in a brutally visceral manner which will be off-putting to some. The writing and storytelling are equally as impressive, however Moore has a tendency to disappear off into philosophy and pseudo-science and I found these sections difficult to get through. I did appreciate the annex where Moore makes it clear that he doesn't believe the identity of the Ripper he has put forward; this was such an interesting read but don't read it until the end as it clearly contains spoilers.

This may well require multiple readings to really get the most from the work, but honestly, I'm going to need a break before I will be able to face it again.