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Watchmen

Alan Moore

4.3 AVERAGE

cdoge's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

boilerryno's review against another edition

2.0

My interest in the graphic novel has come and went and resurfaced and left again over the years. Someplace in the middle of one of the resurgences I convinced myself that I needed to read THE (as far as critical acclaim goes) graphic novel. I was finding myself enamored and blown away by Gaiman's "The Sandman" series (which I still refuse to finish because I never want it to end,) and bitter about the rest of what the genre had to offer's lack of depth and ingenuity. Watchmen is not a superhero comic. It is a mystery story with characters that happen to be superheroes. It read like a pretty standard murder mystery and felt very dated by art style and time period. I can see that it was groundbreaking for the reasons that it dealt with more serious real-life issue in a superhero comic format, but ultimately, I did not feel like I experienced anything extraordinary.

crosbyjaye's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

theanswerisbooks's review against another edition

4.0

swedishgeekgirl's review against another edition

5.0

Hands down the best graphic novel I ever read! Even though this is my 4th time Reading this it is just as good as the first time. I love how dark it is as well as how mutch deepth that goes into some characters.
Absolute Watchmen by Alan Moore get a 10/10 stars.