Francesco Crisci Crisci itibaren 2495-186 Santa Catarina da Serra, Portekiz
So far, I really like Alan Moore's writing. A few of the passages in the beginning of V for Vendetta were a little awkward, but the prose improved as the story went on, which I think did a good, albeit unintentional, job of subtly supplementing the character development in the story. Very well done.
I read it like a "atmosphere" type book rather than a "plot" type book. There's probably a more literary term or description for that, but capturing the Kodak quality moment of this period of time was more important than "what's going to happen next" or "how is this going to end". It's all about the hedonism, the enthusiasm for life, the action and the travel. The 2 protagonists travel across America 4 times in the span of a few years. sometimes driving, sometimes on a bus, sometimes hitch-hiking, sometimes a combination of all 3, but always "on the road", never stopping at any one place for more than a few weeks. the speed was contagious, I found myself really zipping through the book, almost speed-reading, to match the pace of their travels almost. The travels here always emphasise the destination (California! New York! Mexico!) in contrast to the focus that say "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" places on the journey or process of getting to the destination. I guess these are just 2 different types of books, and I expected more of "Zen" than...this. Overhyped, underwhelmed.