If you liked the movie you HAVE to read the novel! Actually, whether you are a lover of graphic novels or not this book is a classic and I think it must be read by all. 
 I loved the movie and it's one of my favorite movies. It was powerful in so many ways, and it's all due to the book it is based on by Alan Moore. Wow! What a mind that man has. I commend him so, for this book is even better. It challenged my mind to its utter core. It filled in so many blanks that I didn't even realize the movie was missing. It also opened my eyes to what I did not see in the movie or didn't realize I did not see in the movie. 
 The planning in this book, the symbolism, the thought...all of it was so intricate, and yet so pristine. 
 Watching the movie I hadn't known that the mask was a tie in to Guy Fawkes. Actually, I didn't even know who Guy Fawkes is. After looking him up, I learned that he was a man confident in his religious beliefs and willing to do what it took to see them through and through. Now, I agree with fellow fans and analysts of the book. As one person says, "It's not Guy Fawkes himself that V wishes to be, but what Fawkes represents: rebellion. Strip away the context of Fawkes and his conspirators and what you have is rebellion at its most pure form: rebellion against government, against religion, against ideology. But V isn't just about rebellion. He may look like Fawkes, but he is far greater than him." 
 I also learned so much more in the end, and realized (like this fan did) that V was to be the destroyer of all that was evil. Evey was the teacher and the builder. *SPOILER* That is why V knew that Evey was supposed to take over after him. He knew he had to die because once you destroy something, you must then build a new something. 
 I loved the resemblance of V in everything. The titles of each chapter alone began with a V. Reading the book I really got to see further into that cell labeled with a roman numeral five and why they had the cells. I didn't understand that in the movie. The book provided so much clarity, so much so that it's greatly empowering. 
 I could probably talk on ends length about this book. It's one of those books that you can read more than once and learn something new each time around. It's one of those books that you can have discussions and debates about. I love those books! It's officially one of my favorite books.