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A review by nicovreeland
From Hell by Alan Moore
5.0
This book embodies all the best traits of Alan Moore's writing-- but it also embodies all his worst traits.
Among the best: the intricate clockwork plot, the formal experimentation, the bucking of every trend and trope.
Among the worst: the mother of all info dumps, the need to introduce us to each and every character first, before telling us what the hell is happening or what these people have to do with it.
Moore expects more from his reader than certainly any other graphic novel writer, and more than almost any writer living. We're deep into the fifth chapter of this sixteen-chapter story before the character introductions stop and we can begin to make sense of who these people are and what they have to do with Jack the Ripper.
Moore also rewards his readers accordingly, and ties all these many threads together beautifully.
All in all, it's a very good book that I often hated reading.
Among the best: the intricate clockwork plot, the formal experimentation, the bucking of every trend and trope.
Among the worst: the mother of all info dumps, the need to introduce us to each and every character first, before telling us what the hell is happening or what these people have to do with it.
Moore expects more from his reader than certainly any other graphic novel writer, and more than almost any writer living. We're deep into the fifth chapter of this sixteen-chapter story before the character introductions stop and we can begin to make sense of who these people are and what they have to do with Jack the Ripper.
Moore also rewards his readers accordingly, and ties all these many threads together beautifully.
All in all, it's a very good book that I often hated reading.