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Watchmen
by Alan Moore
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Picked this up as it is on my university reading list, and I can see why it is so renowned and respected. Taking 'Super-Hero" in a very different way, with plenty of twists and turns, and a large focus on psychology. I love how there is such a rich history, must of which is suspended as mystery and slowly fed to us throughout the tale. I was always looking to find out more, and I was hooked by the central murder mystery which starts us off from page one.
This is dark. Very dark. A psychological analysis on why these vigilantes wanted to be vigilantes, before it being illegal and they became shunned. The jumping between timelines and the characters living their memories was handled brilliantly, and as this was far more common in the first half, that was my favourite section.
The end becomes very large and grand in scale, which personally lost my interest a little bit, as the standout aspects of Watchmen is the smaller moments, and, as I said before, the character analysis. However, it was still a satisfying conclusion, which hit home many of the messages of the story.
A classic for a reason!
My personal BookTube channel - William Gwynne
Picked this up as it is on my university reading list, and I can see why it is so renowned and respected. Taking 'Super-Hero" in a very different way, with plenty of twists and turns, and a large focus on psychology. I love how there is such a rich history, must of which is suspended as mystery and slowly fed to us throughout the tale. I was always looking to find out more, and I was hooked by the central murder mystery which starts us off from page one.
This is dark. Very dark. A psychological analysis on why these vigilantes wanted to be vigilantes, before it being illegal and they became shunned. The jumping between timelines and the characters living their memories was handled brilliantly, and as this was far more common in the first half, that was my favourite section.
The end becomes very large and grand in scale, which personally lost my interest a little bit, as the standout aspects of Watchmen is the smaller moments, and, as I said before, the character analysis. However, it was still a satisfying conclusion, which hit home many of the messages of the story.
A classic for a reason!