Honestly, Alan Moore blows my mind every time I read his writing. To be honest, I almost gave this a four but I realized I would have done so due to my part not his. Let me explain, this story is highly complex and has many different layers, and a multitude of messages. So I read this very, very slowly so as to take in as much as possible. Since I did read V for Vendetta and I knew he would make statements in this one. As I've noticed he tends to revolve his stories around war, power, control, truth, change, and the possibility of peace. Though I kept up with quite a bit of it there were some parts that he lost me. That is why I almost gave it a four. However, the information is there and it is up to me to get the parts that I did not grasp. That is why I ended up with a five. 
 It is simply one of those books that can be theoretically and contextually analyzed over and over again. It is one in which different people receive different message. It is also one in which the reader learns a tremendous amount with every read through. I know I did some reading of others on Watchmen, after I read it, and learned even more from them. I plan to do more readings to understand it more. 
 Yet in the end I was astonished by his use of words and the combination with Gibbons' art. From the vibrant colors that also contained a dark tone to the way the text and balloons were set up. 
 The parts I loved the most were the political statements. The statement Rorschach made about the the need to know the truth. The statement made about Dr. Manhattan's character regarding power, how too much power makes a person empty and how Manhattan had the power to control who gets the truth (which can be said of certain entities today). I could discuss this book and analyze it for some time. For your sake, I'll end here and say that I enjoyed it, learned a lot, and plan to learn more from it.