*nods* Yep. It's consistent. Though your reasons are different and seem more related to the hype and expectations.
The most common response from those who hadn't read the book are: the plot was obvious, and/or it was boring, and/or it was confusing toward the end.
While fans of the comic seem to loooove talking about the grand dystopic theme, in the story the dystopia is shunted aside in favor of a character-driven story that unmasks the superhero and acts as a meta-commentary on the whole genre.
I almost get the sense that if the story were told through different characters it wouldn't be a dystopia. Sometimes in the book there's a sense that Rorschach and the Comedian created this dystopic view through their own cynical/paranoid minds. Then it turns out that the Comedian has the most stake in humanity. He wasn't willing to sacrifice millions for world peace. Meanwhile Rorschach, despite his apparent misanthropy, is the most rigid idealist.
In my view, the core of the book asks the question "who are the good guys?" The dystopic theme just acts as a testing ground, or, oh, a litmus test of various degrees and types of good.
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Date: 2009-03-25 10:17 am (UTC)The most common response from those who hadn't read the book are: the plot was obvious, and/or it was boring, and/or it was confusing toward the end.
While fans of the comic seem to loooove talking about the grand dystopic theme, in the story the dystopia is shunted aside in favor of a character-driven story that unmasks the superhero and acts as a meta-commentary on the whole genre.
I almost get the sense that if the story were told through different characters it wouldn't be a dystopia. Sometimes in the book there's a sense that Rorschach and the Comedian created this dystopic view through their own cynical/paranoid minds. Then it turns out that the Comedian has the most stake in humanity. He wasn't willing to sacrifice millions for world peace. Meanwhile Rorschach, despite his apparent misanthropy, is the most rigid idealist.
In my view, the core of the book asks the question "who are the good guys?" The dystopic theme just acts as a testing ground, or, oh, a litmus test of various degrees and types of good.