A review by jeremygoodjob
Neonomicon by Alan Moore

3.0

More than any other Moore book, this one’s violence is the most shocking and the most untethered from discernible meaning. I suspect a lot of people’s response to the book will hinge on how they feel about its sexual violence, in large part because the book suggests that that violence is central to its point. My sense is that Moore sees a sexual violence in Lovecraft’s work, and that’s what’s being explored here. If that’s right, Neonomicon does not do a good job of making the connection. If anything, it shows Moore at his most sadistic and unsympathetic, all while re-treading ideas that are better explored in his other work.