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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Det er artig å lese Jack the Ripper-teorier, og fra et historisk perspektiv er det fascinerende å lese om forholdene og de stusselige kårene som folk levde under på slutten av 1800-tallet i Whitechapel, London. Tegningene kler den grimme fortellingen godt, men er til tider vanskelig å tolke. Fonten har heller ikke veldig god lesbarhet bestandig, men er usikker på om det gjelder originalen også, da min utgave er en begredelig oversettelse fra dansk av Faraos Cigarer. Blir nødt til å relese den på engelsk en gang.
Take this rating with a grain of salt because I read this 15 or so years ago when I did not know what I know today. But, all I remember is that it gave me severe nightmares. So, it must have captured the subject matter well enough to have that effect. I recall reading that Moore spent 10 years researching it or something.
The art style in this is fantastic - simple, black and white, just ink and paper. A number of the panels look like quick sketches, which works very well, and, to be honest, as an amateur artist I've picked up a couple of good ideas on how to draw this and that.
The story features a few of the elements I adore in fiction - there's mystery and mysticism, a good dollop of cynicism, brutality. The plot at times was a little bit hard to follow, which is the main reason why I'm subtracting a star, but apart from a few small criticisms I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this.
The story features a few of the elements I adore in fiction - there's mystery and mysticism, a good dollop of cynicism, brutality. The plot at times was a little bit hard to follow, which is the main reason why I'm subtracting a star, but apart from a few small criticisms I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A gruesome examination of the Jack the Ripper story - Alan Moore clearly demonstrates his brilliance. This is a great work of literary art. Yet, like many great works of art (and perhaps this was intentional), it is very difficult to digest. The density of Moore's writing can suffocate the reader. I found myself forcefully pushing through certain chapters. At the same time,it gave me a sense that the personality of Moore's "Jack the Ripper" was similarly dense and difficult to comprehend. In the same way, Eddie Campbell's black and white impressionistic pen and ink drawing is very difficult to get used to. Characters are often indecipherable from one another. However, it truly creates an extremely dark and tumultuous atmosphere for this story. Difficulties in reading aside, I did enjoy From Hell - it transported me to a dismal and horrific location and enveloped me in a terrifying tale of murder and intrigue. In essence, taking me To Hell and back.
Too graphic and horrific. Not for the faint hearted people like me. It is about Jack the ripper who was a serial killer in Victorian London. In this book, he does surgeries and removes internal organs of women and makes them turn mad. He has a madhouse full of such women and it looks like Queen Victoria gave him assignments herself to turn his grandson's wife and some prostitutes who knew about this wife, mad. I cannot read it anymore so DNFing it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Murder
challenging
dark
slow-paced
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-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
Enthralling metaphysical murder mystery. I don't have a ton of patience for Alan Moore's rambling highfalutin digressions, but From Hell was about as taut as you could expect, and just about perfect.