Reviews

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

blakinho's review against another edition

5.0

Lovely. This book is complicated; it throws morality out of the window. For fascists, only strength through purity (order through uniformity) matters. For anarchists, only there can only be order through liberty. This book is an ode to resistance. It is an ode to dignity. It is an ode to liberty. It is, more than anything, an ode to the undying idea of Liberty. For some, V may seem to "extreme". I think that may be the point. How far are you willing to go for liberty?

To the people saying that English democracy degrading into concentrations camps and the police State and authoritarianism in a time of great desperation is completely unreasonable "because the people would rebel" – something that literally already happened to a neighboring country fifty years before is unreasonable to you?

aawallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

tif_daug's review

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

nakenyon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

caydencj's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The movie is wayyyyyyyy better. I hate the way Evie is portrayed in this book- she's so much smarter in the movie. Also the movie has better themes and the plot makes more sense. Just watch the movie.

brigii's review against another edition

3.0

After the movie, I felt disappointed.

books_and_keys's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

villagrandres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Quite a nice depiction of anarchy and what it means to dismantle a totalitarian government. The character V is kept enough in the shadows that he remains interesting throughout. I found it hard to keep track of the side characters and plot lines, I think it didn’t help that many of the male characters looked the same. All in all, a great story. Looking forward to seeing if the movie does it justice!

lucardus's review against another edition

3.0

Meine Wertung fällt etwas ab gegenüber den anderen Moores, die ich gelesen habe. Das liegt vielleicht daran, dass mir die grobe Handlung durch die Verfilmung bekannt war, auch wenn man dort einige Änderungen vorgenommen hat. Große Überraschungen kommen so nicht zustande, und ich bin zuwenig in englischer Literatur bewandert, um die Zitate von "V" einordnen zu können, so dass diese weitgehend verpuffen.

Darum hier an dieser Stelle "nur" drei Sterne für mich persönlich.

offworldcolony's review against another edition

5.0

Powerful and sad and scary. While the film has a very American throughline of Revolution, the book has a very English strain of Anarchy. Timeless.