V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of V for Vendetta
Book Review: Easily Alan Moore's best to me
Summary: 5 Stars
I expected a lot of this Graphic Novel, but it was even better. This one really blew me of my socks. What we get to see is an alternative timeline in which Germany actually won World War II and where England has turned into a fascist state. People live very cautious and affraid because everything they say or do is being monitored, and they've been overly restricted by their own government. Then oneday a mystic figure appears and he rocks the city. He murders people of importance, he blows up government buildings, and nobody knows a single thing of who he is or why he does the things he does, except that he's codenamed himself V. Meanwhile V takes a little girl under his wing who he teaches things about his history, about herself and about what is happening. But over time the government is getting closer too. Along the story more and more is explained about who V is, about what moves V, about the real consequences the war has cost and about the value of a free will. All this is illustrated very appropriatly by David Lloyd in a bit of a cinematic style. This makes the flow of the story even better. For me personally this is the best Alan Moore Graphic Novel I've read so far and I would easily recommend it to everyone who is looking for something more than superheroes. Even when you're normally not that much into comicbooks this could very possibly still be one heck of a ride for you ...Book Review: M for Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Collected from the cult early eighties British comic, 'Warrior', Moore and Lloyd's chilling V for Vendetta portrays a chilling alternate Britain which has sucumbed to fascism after a nuclear altercation has destroyed most of the world. In a bleak and violent society, only the strangely Jacobean vigilante 'V' seems to act as a force for good.As with Orwell's 1984, Moore and Lloyd's 1982 vision of Britain in '1997' is no less potent now that the year itself has been and gone. Darkly brilliant stuff. Lloyd's art has never been better and after this, The Watchmen and 2000AD's greatest ever story, The Ballad of Halo Jones, can there be any doubt that Alan Moore is the greatest writer in British comics today?
Book Review: A Tour De Force
Summary: 5 Stars
Make no mistake, it doesn't come much better than this. The ideas may seem dated now, but I've been reading and re-reading this story for a number of years and it's still as pertinent now as it was when it was first written, perhaps even more so. The bad guy characters still exist in our society and as long as they do, "V for Vendetta" will always be relevent. An essential addition to any serious readers collection, it is heads above many "Serious Novels" in impact.Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
V for Vendetta is a comic book that is written for adults and has a political theme. The plot is fairly suspenseful and there is a theatrical elment about the story that is well-done, but the anti-utopian society depcited in the story is nothing new as it is essentially copied from 1984. I don't see how it can be described as a masterpiece or even called literature for that matter. In addition, the illustrations were blurry. I bought this largely based on the rave reviews on Amazon, but I must say I was disappointed. Book Review: A definite classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read V For Vendetta as a serialised black and white strip in the 80s. I found it a profound experience. At the time there was a lot of right-wing extremism which was possibly the inspiration for this story. Setting the time not too far in the future also enforced the discomfort of the plot's setting. It was very close to home. But the story is in itself entertaining with a few interesting twists and turns. The art is gritty. The issues are thought-provoking.
Time has possibly deminished the impact I felt from this novel, but I still go back to it from time to time which is more than can be said for other graphic novels.