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Title: V for Vendetta
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Author: Stephen Moore
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Review of V for Vendetta

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Comments for V for Vendetta

• Posted on 2009-02-23
  A novelization for a film that is already based on a graphic novel...
  
  Who writes a novel based on a film when the film is already based on a written work?
  
  Don't buy this needless marketing gimmick. If you want to read V for Vendetta, buy the actual V for Vendetta graphic novel.
  
  This useless novelization is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. I've never seen anything more absurd in my life, and I once saw an elephant trying to drive a convertible while wearing a blue top hat.
  
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• Posted on 2008-12-25
  Love~
  
  Who doesn't like their leading men to be burn victims who commit crimes in cosplay?
  
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• Posted on 2008-07-16
  Wonderful Service
  
  Well I'm just writing a review because Amazon was unusually puntual on the book i ordered. It came in about 2 days and it's in perfect condition. That's all for now, but I really appreciated and recommend they're service.
  
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• Posted on 2008-03-17
  Why mess around with a derivative of a derivative.
  
  Get the original comic book instead.
  
  Yes, I said, "comic book," not, "graphic novel." The term is an attempt to tart up the terminology to sound more respectable, implying that the comic book is not a respectable medium. But I digress.
  
  This novelization is just standard movie merchandising. No offense to the author of this adaptation, but when the source material is just as accessible, what's the point?
  
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• Posted on 2007-10-22
  Meh...
  
  I picked this up at Half-Price Books, looking for something to pass the time. I'd seen the movie, which was not bad, but not particularly memorable either. This novelization is similar, leaning a little more toward the 'bad' end of the spectrum. I've never read the comic, so I have no preconceived visualizations to conflict with my reading.
  
  There were 2 big problems with this book for me. Firstly, Moore does NOT know how to write with a female voice or from a female perspective. This isn't an aspersion against male writers - I've read plenty of books by men with utterly believable and compelling female protagonists. This was not one of them. I alternated between eye-rolling and irritation at Evey's "inner thoughts" - not a good combo.
  
  Secondly, and I'm not a professional literary critic so forgive me for failing to describe this more specifically, but the book just isn't engaging. It relies too much on its built-in audience of lovers of the film and comic and doesn't seem to make too much of an effort to reel in readers on its own merits. As much as I tried to stay focused, my eyes kept involuntarily skimming down the page or wandering off to study the crown molding on my bedroom ceiling. This should NOT be a problem with a thriller. I should have been flipping pages into the wee hours of the morning. Wasn't happening.
  
  Conclusion: save your money and your time. I found $2 and two afternoons to be too much to spend on this novel.
  
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