Watchmen (edit title)

• Rated 4 stars

“One of my favourite graphic novels of all time. Loads better than the movie. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“I admit I had no idea who the Watchmen were until the trailers started showing at the movie theatre I work at. I thought it looked like a good movie and I saw how some of my co workers reacted when they saw it so I gave it a shot.... after the movie I said I have got to read this book and thankfully I did. Watchmen is a fictitional story of a vigilante group of heroes but it was more then that....It was deep.... with life lessons and political thoughts Watchmen was entertaining and riveting. Highest recomendation”

• Rated 5 stars

“Wow. Amazing characters. Cruel and at the same time patriotic, pulling you into the pictures. Mysterious, practical and suprising. The pictures letting you see them moving and in action. The words making you imagine and see a whole new world with whole new characters.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Watchmen, which is often called the greatest graphic novel of all time, is deserving of the title as one of the greatest works of literature. The book creates it's own highly interesting universe and tells a great story at the same time. Watchmen would inspire a completely new brand of entertainment, and the effects of the book are still being felt today. In the movies and books of the present, it is easy to notice the effects of Watchmen. The book is about a group of superheroes living in New York during the Cold War. In this alternate universe, the Cold War is escalated to the point of near combat. This universe is the perfect setting for the book. And can not think of a single complaint against the book, and I recommend it to everyone.”

• Rated 5 stars

“I was looking forward to reading this book. I had heard and read about it, and even watched the movie adaptation (which, in my opinion, is not as good as the book itself) before reading it. I wasn't disappointed. While this book probably must have had a much greater impact at the time the comic first appeared (due to the political and economic climate) it's still a wonderful read today. To top that off, it's presented in a very original way, as far as comics go.

I won't go deep into the plot here, to avoid spoilers. The atmosphere is dark, almost depressing, mostly detached. The most interesting thing for me was the psychological and philosophical studies of the characters' motives. The side stories, newspaper clippings and excerpts, and even the "comic within the comic" added interest to an already intricate story. I found myself fascinated by Dr. Manhattan and Rorschach. Not your usual comic book heroes, that's for sure.

All in all, an excellent read. ”

• Rated 2 stars

“2.5

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• Rated 5 stars

“Ror”

• Rated 4 stars

“An immensely dark work which I'm still trying to absorb. Moore paints a bleak alternate reality in which so-called superheros seem to have done more harm than good, driving a world which was already teetering on the edge of chaos closer to apocalypse. These vigilantes range from being slightly naive and altruistic, like the two Night Owls, to psychologically disturbed and vengeful, like the Comedian and Rorschach. One individual -- Jon -- has become so removed from his humanity via the machinations of science as to have little emotion left at all.

These "superheroes" aren't really heroes, but that seems to be part of the point. While many start out with good intentions, they come to realize that their heroics aren't fixing the major problems which are bringing the world closer to apocalypse: while they catch purse-robbers, the arms race chugs on. But does this make their actions meaningless? And what is the moral price of solving these bigger problems, and is it worth paying?

Moore addresses all these questions through his characters, some of whom have given up on the world, and others of whom still see its potential for good. The search for any kind of meaning in life is something which all the characters, even the background characters who fill the streets of New York, are trying to find. By the brutal and morally dubious climax of the story, I wasn't sure if Moore was trying to say that such a search is ultimately meaningless in-and-of-itself and that means are ultimately justified by their ends, or that, as the Earth is always heading toward apocalypse, committing despicable actions in service of preventing such an event iis never justified.

Regardless, the last scene presents a blank slate: the Watchmen cannot be expected to be humanity's saviors, because they are as flawed as those they are protecting. The human race must make the collective decision to save itself -- its all in our hands. This is certainly an unsettling ending, but it fits the unsettling tone of the rest of the story. While I may disagree with some of Moore's conclusions, this is a well-written, thought provoking work that deserves to be read and discussed by many.”

• Rated 5 stars

“excellent”

• Rated 5 stars

“This is a wonderful book.I really like it.If you read it you will learn what I mean.”