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While I am a fan of this book, I have to say his Swamp Thing series is infinitely superior. That said,I did enjoy this story. The loss of humanity is what this story is about (as was Swamp thing). All have traded it in one way or another in order to fight crime. The real heroes who never forget who they are die when the fake monster show up and in reality, they are the true heroes of this story. The rest get caught in moral traps they can't escape from. Though trapped in one most of his life, Ro
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This book is a masterpiece. Layered, poetic, satirical. I like how it makes fun of superheroes without being a silly parody, standing alone as a great epic. Watchmen's strength is the way it reveals unexpected traits in the characters and their relationships with each other. It definitely is a nice change of pace from the average "costumed hero" comic.
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Watchmen started off nicely, but came to a very unsatisfying conclusion. The premise and the characters were all individually promising, but they weren't put together well--the writing was trying far too hard to be deep and meaningful, and it felt like the story couldn't breathe because of it.
I remain excited for the movie though. ...more
I remain excited for the movie though. ...more
As usual, the book is better than the movie. I taught it last year in a graphic novels course, and students loved it - and had a lot to say about it, too.
Feb 09, 2009
Kenia
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it was amazing
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Feb 22, 2009
Jane
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really liked it
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graphic-novels-and-comics
Feb 28, 2009
Jason
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it was amazing
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graphic,
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Mar 11, 2009
Tymen
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it was amazing
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