Jerusalem (alan moore) reading group discussion

I have to say, this has been the most daunting read of my entire life, and only finally now as of book 2 has it become even remotely worth the effort. I've made it this far, and I don't intend to quit.
All fascinating core concepts: Angels and demons, ghosts and the afterlife, The Butterfly Effect, etc. Love, love, love them all respectively. But holy shit, does Moore really have to describe every single brick of every single house of every single street of his shitty England town? That's my biggest pet-peeve so far, to the point where i've been tempted to abandon the book. Brilliant prose indeed, but when you think about it, very little actually happens when you actually trim the fat.

I took a break from this almost a year ago and haven't picked it up since. It can be tough going but what's really stalled me is the physical size of the book - too large to pop in my pocket, too bulky for my bag, even awkward as hell to hold reading on the sofa.

I'm kicking myself I didn't hold off for the multi-volume edition that came out shortly after release. But anyway - your message has inspired me to get back to it this year. Moore is too good a writer to leave his major work weighing down my bookshelf.

Ha, funnily enough, I bought the 3-part soft cover edition not knowing there WAS a hard cover! While you're totally right about the portability, I would much rather switch. Somehow it feels less "collectible".