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| Watchmen | 
 enlarge | Author: Alan Moore
Creator: Dave Gibbons
Publisher: DC Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  615 reviews
Sales Rank: 52
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0930289234
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5941
EAN: 9780930289232
ASIN: 0930289234
Publication Date: April 1, 1995
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| Customer Reviews:
 Absolutely excellent novell September 23, 2008
I love watchmen after reading this novell. What i would like from this product is an bookcover in a sturdier (or what's it called?) paper quality. To flimsy papertexture to be an nice collectors item.
 Good, But Rather Overrated September 24, 2008
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I'll preface this by saying that I don't hate Watchmen, and in fact I *liked* it, but I don't *love* it.
The plot is competent, but it's also rather predictable. Moore is obviously trying hard to break cliche's, but he does so by just doing the opposite thing, so it comes off as just a cliche in the other direction and, as I mentioned, utterly predictable.
The other problem is that most of the characters are underdeveloped, underutilized, or both. Other characters are overdeveloped, but serve little purpose. The end result is that the vast majority of the book is consumed by flashbacks and oddities that are only tangentially related to the main plot of the book (which could likely fit in to about 20 pages taken alone).
As far as characters go, the two obvious extremes are Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan. Rorschach is developed minimally, but brilliantly written and vivid. His actions and thoughts are clear and consistent, even though he's enigmatic as a character. Dr Manhattan meanwhile is developed hugely, but changes personality almost from page to page. He also comes off flat, and as a character with such potential isn't really all that important to the book in the end.
Is this worth a read? I'd say yes, especially if you're in to comics. If you buy in to the hype and aren't too picky, you'll probably even love it. But if you spend too much time reading in to it, you'll find this book is a pretty basic story that's so wrapped up in obfuscated, unnecessary backstory that it merely seems more mature and involved than it really is.
Overhyped? Maybe it is.... September 26, 2008
Maybe I got caught up in the hype of this graphic novel. After all, the cover notes that Time considers it one of the best 100 novels of the last "x" years. Well, after getting through this graphic novel I have to say that I've read at least 100 novels that were far better than "The Watchmen" so I think TIME Magazine book critics need to start reading better stuff off the bookshelves.
It's not a bad read, but it's a bit confusing and twisted and I began to grow tired of the various characters and their constant angst and anger and jealousy. The "Super Heroes" all have their own neuroses and as the novel ended I just didn't really care for any of the characters except for Dr Manhattan.
Anyway, it may be a bit overhyped. Maybe I expected more and was let down.
very high expectations... mediocre September 27, 2008
For those not familiar with the term "graphic novel", this is a comic book. In my own personal opinion, the character development in this book was great, but the story was mediocre at best. I thought this book was very dry, and the only reason I continued reading was to so I could put the book down and start something else. Disappointing.
 Amazing graphic novel September 29, 2008
Watchmen immediately grabs you with its undeniable style and its deep, complex, and riveting story.
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