Since I started taking the train to work, I have been reading for pleasure for the first time in over a decade. So continuing the semi-tradition, here is the list of books I have read in 2009.
Twelfth book I read since May 2008:
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
It was so overhyped I thought there was no way it could measure up. Some of the longer set pieces read as if the same author wrote them (which he did), and as with many graphic novels, some of the dialogue was stiff and too explanatory.
On the plus side, the concept was very good, excellent illustrations, the overlapping imagery played very well, and the imagination put into it is breathtaking. I would say it's my second favorite graphic novel of all time -- right after Maus.
12 years ago
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