Thursday, January 6, 2011

Book 2 - Watchmen

Finished January 5th!



No big review this time. I enjoyed it. Draggy in some parts. I did like the extra documents inserted throughout the novel.

Also -> Best. Opening. Ever:




Some of my favorite passages:

  • "I'm going to look at the stars. They are so far away, and their light takes so long to reach us...all we ever see of stars are their old photographs." -Dr. Manhattan
  • "Children starve while boots costing many thousands of dollars leave their mark upon the surface of the moon. We have labored long to build a heaven, only to find it populated with horrors. It is the oldest of ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace." -Additional material
  • "This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us. -Rorschach

7 of 10

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