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Watchmen by Alan Moore

31 reviews

mermaidread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Medical content, Colonisation, and Classism

sellnow_hannah's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loved this book! Way more than I was expecting to. The plot lines are layered, intricate, and complex. The characters are interesting and dynamic. The artwork is fantastic (particularly loved how there would be foreshadowing elements embedded into the art). There was much more social commentary and philosophical themes than I was expecting - and I really enjoyed that aspect of the book. All in all, it's a masterpiece and a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

davidsimpier777's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Watchmen is one of the best novels of all time let alone graphic novels. This is in my opinion the best superheros have ever been written and even almost 40 years removed from when it was published about half of the comics industry is still trying to recapture what this book had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Rape

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chaoticbeing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Had to read this for class. I’m one of the only people who have actually read it. It’s one of my favorite franchises of all time now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racism, and Antisemitism

Dr. Manhattan starts a relationship with Laurie when she’s 16 and he’s in his 30s. This is acknowledged but Dr. Manhattan is never punished for it.

ad1t1s's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

Minor: Racial slurs

steveatwaywords's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This ambitious and nearly flawless work has already made history and there is little I want to add here to that: it's complex and tightly-woven with nuanced and genuine characters acting as best they are able. As clumsy and human as they are, their physical and emotional frailties are foremost at focus as they try to do nothing less than every superhero comic: save the world.

Moore's alternate history is (especially today) too too plausible, and the dozens of different readings his characters make of it could as easily be applied to today's news. He details only one of the key differences between universes, however, and that is the step a few individuals make from reading 1930s hero comics to themselves donning vigilante costumes. After that, the political and sociological changes seem relatively inevitable.

And that, as many have argued, offers us a deeper and unsettling look at our affinity for superheroes, the nature of justice and authority and legitimacy, of our collective psychological desperations created by and answered by marketing lifestyles. And, in the truths spoken by Dr. Manhattan, how utterly trivial and uninteresting it all is.

So why not a full 5 stars?  The storytelling and artwork are fine enough, the complete work ambitious enough, its execution almost as much. And it's the almost. As immersive as Watchmen is, there are several moments when readers are thrown out of it, where the authorial crafting is too obviously authorial crafting. I'm thinking of a parallel pirate comic that is read at a newsstand, as a for instance, or chapters where each page is a different scenic moment which all (seemingly coincidentally but cosmically) align in word and concept. They are clever, and calculated . . . and so also first clever and calculated, second impactful as narrative. Moore is too excited to show us what he can do, and that excitement--especially for me--was loud enough to disturb the reading.

A quibble, perhaps, but Moore has gone on to do other works. A mesmerizing standard for graphic novels which follow, Watchmen's imitators in later years still pale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

josiah17's review against another edition

3.5

This shows a different side to the superhero. It's gritty, and far more personal than I was expecting. The plot is complexly layered with tons of intrigue. Although it didn't blow me away, it's certainly worth reading.

Edit 11/11/23: Bumping down to 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Rape, and Sexual content

graysondyed's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Watchmen is the first graphic I’ve read, and it’s made me appreciate comics so much more. I didn’t understand why comics were loved by many, but Alan Moore showed that some stories are created best through them (the graphic novel is better than the movie).

Watchmen is unforgettable, and I hope to find another graphic novel that fills the hole Watchmen occupied when I was reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

manjal's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

THE GREATEST GRAPHIC NOVEL(COMIC BOOK) EVER, A 12 CHAPTER MASTERPIECE THAT REVOLUTIONIZED COMIC BOOKS AND LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON LITERATURE AND MEDIA. ITS INTRICATE PLOT AND MORALLY COMPLEX CHARACTERS EXPLORE THEMES OF HEROISM, IDENTITY, AND MORALITY. ALAN MOORE'S CREATION ELEVATED THE GENRE, INSPIRING A NEW WAVE OF STORYTELLING THAT EMBRACES MATURITY AND MORAL AMBIGUITY. IT'S ABOUT AN ALTERNATE 1980S AMERICA, WHERE RETIRED SUPERHEROES CONFRONT A GLOBAL CONSPIRACY, FUSES GRITTY REALISM WITH FANTASY, PUSHING CREATIVE BOUNDARIES AND INFLUENCING GENERATIONS OF CREATORS. NOT RECOMMENDED TO NEW COMIC BOOK READERS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury