I liked this story for its complex yet simple storyline. Their were no love triangles, or sexual angst, but there was corruption and dishonesty. Interesting.

I really liked V and was curious as to who he was throughout. Good job with that. However, they never really reveal him and leave him a mystery. Not such a good job (ok, it does add to the storyline, I'm just pouting). At first I couldn't decide if I liked Evie, she seemed so insignificant, but she grew on me. I'm pretty sure I'd have acted the same way she had in the first half of the book, but am not sure I'd be as strong as she was in the end. I knew Finch and Dominic were going to become those characters who in the end will still be teetering on the line of wrong and right (mainly, because the line itself has become so blurred).

This seemed like a quick read, and seems somewhat plausible. I'd recommend this book if you want a doomsday scenario, a tragedy with a hint of something better in the end.

I’ve loved the movie for years and have used it as a poignant example of dystopias and how readily societies can shift that way. Having just taught my Sociology class about dystopias, I thought reading this book would be exciting and easy to digest. Truthfully, I thought I was getting the graphic novels, but got this instead. It’s the movie, but in book form. So it was equally enjoyable and lightening fast. I tag-teamed it with the audiobook, listening to an hour in the car each day and then chapters in the book each night. The fact that the audiobook was narrated by Simon Vance was an added bonus. Solid all the way around.

Long chain: I listened to the audio book version of the novelization of the script from the movie which was based upon the original graphic novel. Whew! And still...wonderful.

As I live in the semi-fascist America that is ruled by Trump and McConnell, all I can say is: this country needs a “V”. My heart stirred for his cause, for art, for freedom, for a release from tyranny. I dinged a star for the whole weird way in which Evie’s imprisonment played out. But that aside...bravo. This world, and especially this country, needs a hero like V.

With an hour drive each way to and from home, I've opted for e-books to break the monotony of re-cycled news reports and the five popular songs that are on constant pop rotation. My first attempt didn't go so well. I was enjoying Stephen King's Doctor Sleep, but the majority of my drive happens in the dark and I was getting creeped out. Enter V for Vendetta. It was an awesome week of commuting. Read by Simon Vance, the man with the voice of gold, V for Vendetta was rich, complex, exciting, and haunting. Vance's reading was incredibly nuanced and captivating. I found myself looking forward to my commute every morning and every evening.

The story was compelling and the build-up was complex enough to keep me interested. The story of V, who he was and how he came to be was a little vague and buried, but interesting all the same. I liked him as a character. He was as unlikeable as he was fascinating. Equal parts good and bad, as much a villian as a hero. Sometimes I didn't know how to feel about him and that made him all the more interesting. The ending was bittersweet and inevitable. But Steven Vance made the story.