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Kerrassaan Merkillisten Herrasmiesten Liiga: 2009 (2012)

by Alan Moore(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Egmont Kustannus Oy

review 1: 4 1/2 stars. conclusion to the Century set which draws together a whole lot of plot threads from all the League books, and the Nemo book, to form a satisfying web of allusions. and we meet... no wait, i can't tell you that, but it's a positively Promethea point of view. Alan is back in top form, the book is full of obscure literary allusions, as befits a metafiction, he keeps drawing more and more of those endless otherverses into his cauldron, he's obviously having a lot of fun again, and him and Kevin O'Neill plan to continue writing this one until the end of the world. which hey, could be soon, better get it all while you can, it won't mean much unless you've been following the series.
review 2: Alan Moore has proven that he's just plain more talented and cr... moreeative than thousands of artists. And 2009 isn't terrible, but it's self-indulgent and will likely appeal only to his die-hard fans, the curious, the compulsive reference-spotters...Basically, I bought it because I love the universe and I think Moore is brilliant, but I will never recommend it because I can't guarantee any type of emotional resonance. I flip through the first two volumes of LoEG and I feel so much. Loathing, admiration, fear, hope, grim amusement. The characters are rich. I care. It's sad that I see Murray, Quatermain, and Orlando and I care because of what took place in other books--not because of what happens in this one. And it's not a particularly effecting finale, to be honest, at least not to me. Maybe some would say it's Moore's reflection of the modern world--just as he has idiot critics he will have knee-jerk devotees--but I don't see it. When his characters bemoan aging into an unfriendly world, we don't get to linger on this long enough to feel much. The plot moves on, and I'm not sure if I should be taking more time with the foreground art or the words or the background or the references... Didn't these comics used to hang together?So read it if you're curious, I suppose. There's a good bit of cleverness here, hints at what could have been. But the Moore who gave us Nemo's indignation and Dr. Manhattan's Martian soliloquy is only infrequently present. The book is aloof and happy for us to be unable to follow. Unlike previous works, however, there isn't much waiting for those who do make the trek. less

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