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angus_mckeogh's review
2.0
willow1113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Classism, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual violence, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Antisemitism, and Drug abuse
Minor: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Sexism
lost_gods937's review
5.0
-Alma Warren, Jersualem, Alan Moore
eantczak's review against another edition
5.0
aarws22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jstrahan's review
5.0
retrophrenologist's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
deadlight01's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
trilbynorton's review
5.0
Know it in space and in time. Time is Moore's other major concern, both as a dimension and a human experience. Angles [sic] observe history as a four-dimensional plane in which every instant happens at once, while in Northampton the ghosts of eighth century monks walk down the high street.
The two most apt comparisons I can make are James Joyce's Ulysses and Moore's own From Hell. The former because, like Joyce's work, Jerusalem shifts form and style with every chapter (changing from stream-of-consciousness to verse to theatrical script), and of course is set in a single place, albeit extended into the fourth dimension. The latter because, as with Moore's exploration of Jack the Ripper, the century which birthed him, and the century which he in turn birthed, Jerusalem seems to be about...well, everything. History, economics, physics, philosophy, literature, Bauhaus.
Five stars seem somehow inadequate. Perhaps some sort of higher-dimensional score, of which stars are merely a lower extrusion of a points system beyond human comprehension.
nababbo's review against another edition
4.0
Da un lato mi pare una riproposizione delle idee dell'autore che avevo già visto in From Hell, quell'idea che la topografia della città avesse un livello di lettura più profondo della semplice urbanistica, qui arricchita da molte altre sfaccettature che sembrano molto personali.
D'altra parte, andando avanti nella lettura mi sembrava sempre più chiaro che così come l'esperienza del Di Sopra sia una riproposizione continua di avvenimenti, così la storia del libro è sempre quella serie di eventi vissuti da prospettive a volte davvero molto diverse, sia nel tono che nella scelta stilistica.
Finché non arrivi alla fine e puoi trovarti su due sponde.
Quella del -quindi?- e quella dove rimani pensoso.