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Jerusalem by Alan Moore

2 reviews

willow1113's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

nanc_282's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious slow-paced

• 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

3.0

Reading this book is a bit like training for a marathon. You have to really commit to the end point to get through the rough patches. 
It’s got some brilliant parts <spoiler alert> I particularly enjoyed the adventures of little Michael and the dead dead gang <spoiler alert> and  some monstrous descriptions of assault and abuse. At then end of it, I felt I could have walked through the Boroughs and known all the inhabitants. The links with Bunyan and Snowy Vernon pacing through time as a pilgrim, and  William Blake’s Jerusalem are cleverly done.  
But it is really long and it employs some narrative devices less successfully, one chapter is in verse, another in the style of Finnegan’s Wake. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Incest, Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, and Racial slurs

Minor: Slavery