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The Filth
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Although to be honest, I don't know enough about whatever the hell this is to spoil it even if I wanted to. I've read a fair bit of Morrison now, and by far and away, his disappointments and dire efforts far outweigh his better work. Admittedly, I'm saving one or two that I'm hoping is some of his best stuff. God help me if even they turn out to be as abstract, impenetrable and downright ridiculous as this. I'm sure there are a moderate amount of people on this site praising this as some misunderstood work of sheer genius, although I would strongly advise caution before listening to such unwarranted flattery. Its delusional at best and dangerous at worst. This is shit. Pure randomised, unfiltered, mind boggling shit. Wipe away three quarters of this haphazard dialogue, leaving only the sparse segments of it which form something approaching a cohesive story, and you might be left with something readable. Maybe even something pretty good. But this may as well be alphabet spaghetti thrown at the wall, for its little more than gibberish.
Its not intelligent, its not well thought out, its not deep. Its gibberish, and its shit, and I now know not to trust a book with Grant Morrison's name on it. It's like he read the god awful mindfuck that was The Incal and said hold my beer, I can do better (worse) than that. Even more shameful, is how Morrison not only managed to shit the bed, but managed to waste some amazing artwork in the process. 2 points for the art, and nothing for Morrison's infantile ramblings. Seriously, don't bother. 2/5
OmniBen.
Although to be honest, I don't know enough about whatever the hell this is to spoil it even if I wanted to. I've read a fair bit of Morrison now, and by far and away, his disappointments and dire efforts far outweigh his better work. Admittedly, I'm saving one or two that I'm hoping is some of his best stuff. God help me if even they turn out to be as abstract, impenetrable and downright ridiculous as this. I'm sure there are a moderate amount of people on this site praising this as some misunderstood work of sheer genius, although I would strongly advise caution before listening to such unwarranted flattery. Its delusional at best and dangerous at worst. This is shit. Pure randomised, unfiltered, mind boggling shit. Wipe away three quarters of this haphazard dialogue, leaving only the sparse segments of it which form something approaching a cohesive story, and you might be left with something readable. Maybe even something pretty good. But this may as well be alphabet spaghetti thrown at the wall, for its little more than gibberish.
Its not intelligent, its not well thought out, its not deep. Its gibberish, and its shit, and I now know not to trust a book with Grant Morrison's name on it. It's like he read the god awful mindfuck that was The Incal and said hold my beer, I can do better (worse) than that. Even more shameful, is how Morrison not only managed to shit the bed, but managed to waste some amazing artwork in the process. 2 points for the art, and nothing for Morrison's infantile ramblings. Seriously, don't bother. 2/5
OmniBen.
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