freehandclara 's review for:

Watchmen by Alan Moore

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First time reading a graphic novel, and I don’t think I’ll ever be another one. Everything about Watchmen scratched my brain and captured me. If someone were to ask, I guess I’d say Watchmen is about everything American and continues to be poignant almost forty years later. American society hasn’t changed, the problems are the same, and the solutions proposed could still work. Tackles morality, heroism, and society all while mixing comics with various long-form media for light exposition. It’s done brilliantly, answering questions while still leaving mysteries. It allows the reader to imagine the world and immerse themselves into it, simultaneously familiar and foreign. What makes a superhero?