Reviews

Promethea: Book One by Mick Gray, Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III

john_allgood's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

ahsf's review against another edition

4.0

My friend has been trying to get everyone he knows to read this and now I can see why such an amazing and very interesting story, definitely going to be reading volume 2

alainahem's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

rufio7's review against another edition

4.0

Solid beginning to classic Alan Moore

glossyjul's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

CANNOT BELIEVE THIS EXISTS

booksbyabbi's review against another edition

1.0

wanted to dnf on page three when the characters “jokingly insulted” each other by calling each other “gay” and “fat” but powered through but it was 100% absolutely not worth it. it absolutely reeks of late 90’s male-written fantasy that “can’t possibly bc misogynistic—the main hero is in fact a heroine” and the writing isn’t even good 

snuf's review against another edition

4.0

So I stumbled into a youtube rabbit hole on the philosophy of Alan Moore and found this comic. Super weird guy, Alan Moore, with even weirder ideas - delightful guy. The premise of this story is absolutely amazing and totally original (to me, at least). I'm understanding now that this has roots in Hermeticism, which led me down another rabbit hole that was equally entertaining, but mostly rubbish. Still, spinning some ancient philosophy into a modern day comic is cool. Although he drastically overestimated our technological timeline because the setting is 1999 and we have flying cars and clone skin grafts. He had way to much faith in us. It's 2020 now and we still can't order spare parts from our own clones, which is outrageous.
The art in this one is 5/5.
Overall this was a pretty trippy read and I'm looking forward to reading the others. To add another layer of meaning he even wrote these in 32 issues to intentionally mimic the 32 branches of some hermetic tree or something? Idk, I'm still in the rabbit hole on this.

alishaairscape's review against another edition

challenging inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

stopnodont's review against another edition

2.0

Not sure what I expected, but this is basically a superhero story with a twist. Despite Alan Moore being a stellar writer and storyteller in general, this book comes off almost like a Great Value Sandman.

It's hard to pinpoint exactly what I don't like about it, but it's just not that compelling. As of right now I have no desire to read any further in the story.

I don't doubt that plenty of people truly enjoy this sort of thing, but it's not for me.

the8th's review against another edition

4.0

This is awesome. Sometimes I wonder why I ever read anything not written by Alan Moore. It is gorgeous, intriguing, philosophical, mystical.