Book Discussion

Since I couldn't find one in the history, here's a place to talk about the book you've read, or have been reading.
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Watchmen by Alan Moore
The murder of a former hero leads to a conveluted plot involving the saving of the world by retired heroes.

I figured since I've already watched the movie twice, I probably should read the book it's based on. So I read it and...

Here is my attempt at not comparing the book and the movie:
It's pretty good. The plot gets extremely fractured towards the end, and the books "villain" monologues for such a long time I can't wait for him to shut up. Otherwise, it was pretty good. I didn't care so much for the art; there were quite a lot of panels that repeated the majority of the previous panel.

After each chapter there was a small companion essay or story, and while they were interesting, I couldn't say that they were necessary. For the most part they repeat a lot of the information given during the actual chapter.

And if I include the movie:
I watched the movie first. I admit that probably affects my opinion on the book. That said...I prefer the movie over the book. The movie streamlines the hacked up storyline, along with speeding up a lot of things, such as the relationship between Dan and Laurie, along with the "villains" final monologue. I think I'd rewatch the movie before I think of reading the book again. The movie happens to be accurate enough; more accurate than most.