dozens reviewed The invisibles omnibus by Grant Morrison
Review of 'The invisibles omnibus' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Why I picked it up
I remembered starting it a long time ago, but couldn't remember whether I had finished it or not. It comes highly recommended and I usually like counter-culture, paranoid conspiracy stories.
Why I finished it
I really enjoyed the first half of the story as we initiated Dane into urban magic and the hidden world. On this, the second read-through, I caught some stuff I missed the first time: allusions to the possibility that both sides might not actually be on different sides, callbacks that become significant later in the story once time travel gets really wonky.
The vignette about the Moonchild's attendant and his daughter really resonated with me during the first reading, and it was still really good this go-around.
But, it felt like a chore at times continuing through the last half. None of the major story arcs--especially the final chapters--were resolved in …
Why I picked it up
I remembered starting it a long time ago, but couldn't remember whether I had finished it or not. It comes highly recommended and I usually like counter-culture, paranoid conspiracy stories.
Why I finished it
I really enjoyed the first half of the story as we initiated Dane into urban magic and the hidden world. On this, the second read-through, I caught some stuff I missed the first time: allusions to the possibility that both sides might not actually be on different sides, callbacks that become significant later in the story once time travel gets really wonky.
The vignette about the Moonchild's attendant and his daughter really resonated with me during the first reading, and it was still really good this go-around.
But, it felt like a chore at times continuing through the last half. None of the major story arcs--especially the final chapters--were resolved in a way that allowed me to understand what, precisely, had just happened. It was ultimately a little too gratuitous and self-congratulatory.
I've read in places that the creators of The Matrix movies got their idea from this story. Which might be the case, but it also sounds like that joke about the guy who is currently sewing 529 bands/artists for stealing his song idea. You know, the one where the guys sings about how much he loves some girl?
The Invisibles and The Matrix are about a small group of freedom fighters battling a vast and global conspiracy that has already enslaved the human race without their knowing, but in the end they might all be on the same side in some abstract way? I don't know, maybe it's the same kind of situation where today, it's hard to appreciate how influential the Beatles were because everybody's been emulating them for the last 50 years. Maybe The Invisibles really was mind blowing in the 90s when it was written, but it feels dated now because The Matrix and others have been exploring the same topics.
Who I'd Recommend It To
Somebody who does tons of drugs.
14 year olds of any ilk.
Anybody into Illumanitus! and/or Discordianism.