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eliathereader's review against another edition
3.0
Kafamı dağıtmak için elime alıp okudum. Moon Knight anlatması ilginç bir karakter. Gerçekten tamamen delirmiş mi yoksa oyun içinde oyuna mı gömülmüş anlaması gerçekten zor. Lemire’ın kitaplarını genel olarak severek okuyorum. Bunu pek sevemedim açıkçası daha doğrusu neyle karşılaşacağımı bilmediğimden dolayı oldu bu. Moon Knight hakkında tek bildiğim kafayı biraz oynatmış bir karakter olduğuydu o kadar. Diğer Marvel karakterlerinin yanında çok farklı bir duruşu var. Gerçeklik algısını yitirmiş olduğundan da başka bir karakter. Ayrıca Mısır mitolojisi üzerine olması da hoşuma gitti, Seth kimdi Ammit kimdi derken bir şeyler öğrenmiş oldum. Devamına bağlı karakteri ve olayları sevip sevmeyeceğim şimdilik fazla karışık geldi bunun da en büyük sebebi Moon Knight’ın zihni dağınık bir insan olması.
modernhobbitvibes's review
4.0
Original review is in the spoiler cut for the sake of the historical record, but here's my updated review now that I've watched a six episode miniseries and read well over 100 issues of Moon Knight and Moon Knight adjacent works:
HE LOVES HIS FRIENDS SO MUCH I'M-
Reading volumes 1 to 4: Vibing with the art style, occasional moments of weird mental illness writing are cringe, but overall interesting.
Reading volume 5: haha WHAT
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Content Warnings: abuse in a mental institution, unreality, gaslighting.
HE LOVES HIS FRIENDS SO MUCH I'M-
Spoiler
ORIGINAL REVIEWReading volumes 1 to 4: Vibing with the art style, occasional moments of weird mental illness writing are cringe, but overall interesting.
Reading volume 5: haha WHAT
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Content Warnings: abuse in a mental institution, unreality, gaslighting.
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
3.0
Nothing beats the Warren Ellis book. That book MADE Moon Knight for me.
"What are you supposed to be?"
[billy club to the face]
"The one you see coming."
Classic.
I like Jeff Lemire a lot, and this book is worth your time. But holy hell do I HATE stories that deal with madness in such a way where it's impossible to tell whether the character is insane or not. Some will disagree with me on that, and that's fine, but it's a kind of story we've all read many times, and it leaves me with the same question: Does it matter?
If this character is whackadoo and is perceiving a bunch of wild shit that's not happening, does it matter? What's the difference if the wild shit is happening or not, to me, as a reader?
Most times, in this kind of story, we spend the majority of the book watching the character struggle with whether stuff is real or not, which I find boring. Because it's not like we're going to find a definitive answer. And it's an issue of perception, so it becomes like watching two people argue over whether a color is more blue or indigo. Who's to say, and who gives a hot damn?
This book, at some point, got to a place where the character seemed to say, "I don't know for sure what's real, but I know what I'm choosing to believe at this point, and I'm all in." So that was better, at least. And it's a real testament to Lemire in that he took a shot at a story type I don't like and still managed to make it pretty compelling.
Alas, Ellis' Moon Knight is a brief moment in history, and that moment is over. I suppose I should just be happy that I lived to see the brief moment when Moon Knight was fucking awesome, and maybe I should take a minute to laugh at the fact that I typed the phrase "Moon Knight was fucking awesome," which I never thought would happen.
"What are you supposed to be?"
[billy club to the face]
"The one you see coming."
Classic.
I like Jeff Lemire a lot, and this book is worth your time. But holy hell do I HATE stories that deal with madness in such a way where it's impossible to tell whether the character is insane or not. Some will disagree with me on that, and that's fine, but it's a kind of story we've all read many times, and it leaves me with the same question: Does it matter?
If this character is whackadoo and is perceiving a bunch of wild shit that's not happening, does it matter? What's the difference if the wild shit is happening or not, to me, as a reader?
Most times, in this kind of story, we spend the majority of the book watching the character struggle with whether stuff is real or not, which I find boring. Because it's not like we're going to find a definitive answer. And it's an issue of perception, so it becomes like watching two people argue over whether a color is more blue or indigo. Who's to say, and who gives a hot damn?
This book, at some point, got to a place where the character seemed to say, "I don't know for sure what's real, but I know what I'm choosing to believe at this point, and I'm all in." So that was better, at least. And it's a real testament to Lemire in that he took a shot at a story type I don't like and still managed to make it pretty compelling.
Alas, Ellis' Moon Knight is a brief moment in history, and that moment is over. I suppose I should just be happy that I lived to see the brief moment when Moon Knight was fucking awesome, and maybe I should take a minute to laugh at the fact that I typed the phrase "Moon Knight was fucking awesome," which I never thought would happen.
harasnicole's review against another edition
3.0
I don't know why I used this one as my jumping off point into the character, but I think I understand now why people suggest another run of it over this one. It's still great, but it's just part of his "origin", it's more of a continuation and includes things that I probably would have known had I read other runs instead.
chloefrizzle's review against another edition
3.0
This run of comics (reboot #10 from 2016, 14 issues written by Lemire) is at first bogged down by the trippy nature of not knowing what is real. If you stick with it, it becomes a powerful story about a man working with his mental illness and taking charge of his life. The art is phenomenal throughout, as is the pacing and layouting.
takeme2thelakes's review against another edition
4.0
reading this made me only more interested in the tv show with oscar isaac
elizafiedler's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0