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A review by danni_faith
Providence Compendium by Alan Moore
2.25
Moore has written this with such obvious fanaticism that I do not know how anyone who is not hugely into Lovecraft could find even a passing enjoyment of this tome.
That being said, this is a tad too exhaustively researched as much of this series reads like a fictionalized research paper. I was easy for me to not continue reading. The premise of a man researching esoteric belief-groups in New England was the perfect conceit for Moore to write and write and write without giving the reader a satisfying plot. Much of the travels of the main character are just me walking through the short stories of Lovecraft (THE DUNWICH HORROR, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH, THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE, THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP, etc). It was cool to understand the intertextuality. Outside of that, Moore has not delivered a satisfying graphic novel.
That being said, this is a tad too exhaustively researched as much of this series reads like a fictionalized research paper. I was easy for me to not continue reading. The premise of a man researching esoteric belief-groups in New England was the perfect conceit for Moore to write and write and write without giving the reader a satisfying plot. Much of the travels of the main character are just me walking through the short stories of Lovecraft (THE DUNWICH HORROR, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH, THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE, THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP, etc). It was cool to understand the intertextuality. Outside of that, Moore has not delivered a satisfying graphic novel.