A review by jkmartin38
From Hell by Alan Moore

4.0

Whoa, I now know why Alan Moore is so revered. The level of research that went into this is insane! Even though it’s fiction, it felt very real. There were several times I paused to flip to the appendices of Alan Moore’s story annotations to learn if a particular event really happened or was fictional. Surprisingly, most of the time it did and Moore cites his sources. If a particular story element was fictional, then he provides his rationale for adding it. The story does get confusing at times because it jumps across characters and settings abruptly, but it still kept me engaged. The art isn’t very detailed but when the Ripper kills, the art shows everything and it’s damn disturbing. The depictions of violence did make me pause to realize that those horrible acts were committed against actual women and that this isn’t just some made up story. It’s a very tragic story with almost no closure. I would only recommend this to anyone who can stomach extreme violence and graphic sex scenes (the victims were sex workers).