Grant Morrison is probably better at trying to be weird than anyone else in the world.Which is not at all to say that it's just weirdness for weirdness' sake. Morrison is pretty clearly using the series to run us through the recursive onion layers of gnostic thought, starting in a Manichaen place and working ever inwards, ever trippier. But it's all such a mess at times, and it's all trying oh so hard to show you how cool it is. Which is not to say that it isn't cool, a lot of the time. Though e...

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking hell. Am I glad THAT’S over with! It took me over a month to read this final book. I would pick it up, read a page or two, then put it back down, thoroughly dejected. Some days I would open it up, stare at the page for a moment not reading, barely seeing, and put it back down again. Finally this weekend, I forced myself to get through this so I no longer have to stare at it staring back at me on my desk and so I can say that I’ve read the complete Invisibles series. Wel...

It's been a long journey. I wanted to finish, hoping Morrison would be able to pull it out in the end. After all, he's written some very good books, and it was in part because of them that I gave him the benefit of the doubt.The Invisibles almost turned me off of Morrison entirely when I first started them, and if not for his other books, I wouldn't have attempted it again. It wasn't that this series was insulting, its faults are the product of poor construction, which in turn was the result of

I'm feeling very mixed about this one, and would ideally give it three-and-a-half stars. So, let me start off by listing pro and con.Good bitsI liked the stuff about alien languages and words that have hidden content programmed into their sounds. Okay, it's clear that Grant Morrison knows about as much about linguistics as I do about American Football, but it's still a nice idea. Though it was rather better handled by Phil Dick in VALIS. In fact, as a fan of Phil's work, I was happy to see the r...

Well, the end of the series was a definite improvement over the previous volume. Where the plot seemed to me to be falling apart, most of the threads were finally pulled back in and woven together, though I still found it a bit excessively disjointed—though perhaps that is a deliberate tactic for keeping the reader off balance, like many of the choices Fellini made for his Satyricon. I'm glad I pushed through, and at the same time I don't think I'll be recommending it frequently; not to say it w...

I'm wrecked and Morrison is insane. But I get it. Wonder why more women aren't writing this eclectic existential action shit. Cause it's amazing. The payoff is there, and just as insane and unsettling as the rest.

Ever feel like you're right and everyone else on the planet is wrong, but you think, "That can't possibly be true, how can EVERYONE be wrong but me? I must be the one who's wrong." This is one of those times where I'm right. Everyone else is wrong.Grant Morrison is probably the single most overrated writer in comic history.I bought the entire Invisibles series based on the seemingly sound merit of practically everyone I know who reads comics, all of who recommended this as one of "The greatest c...

Posted here for lack of a better place, but really about the whole series:Recently re-read this after reading an excerpt from Douglas Wolk's Reading Comics about it. (http://www.newsarama.com/ReadingComic... , if you're curious.) Wolk said this, which is a pretty appropriate way to start a "recommendation" type review:"It is, in a lot of ways, my favorite comic book ever, and I have never been able to recommend it to anyone else with a clear conscience, partly because it's such a ridiculous mess...

It took me awhile to finish this volume, not because it sucked, but because the holiday season--doooo bee doobie-doo! The Invisible Kingdom was the culmination that Morrison had built for seven years, spanning 1500+ pages. It consumed my Fall of 2013, finally finishing it here, on the third day of 2014. No spoilers here, but the beauty of this book/series, it's almost spoiler-proof. It's too sodding odd for spoilers. This officially my favorite series of books. Morrison swung for the fences and

Its years later in the story and the Invisibles are preparing for their final showdown against the Archons/Church of the Outer God. Jack Frost has accepted his role as the Messiah and King Mob has shockingly given up guns. Narration and viewpoints happen all over the world and at different times/realities and some of it is communicated through emails. The finale, as well as the fact that the main characters are mostly supporting characters in this volume, will disappoint some readers as it tries...

Weird reading this days before the eclipse and during a presidency that often feels like end-times. I'm very down with the overall vibe - Alan Moore, dystopian, cyberpunk, regular punk, whatever - but too often had literally no idea what anyone was talking about and wished the wrap-up matched the highlights of the previous books. I guess I liked the character stuff a lot and this was necessarily more about the more meta-stuff - still quite an experience, but a little let down at the end.

Still unbelievably complex, prophetic, frustrating and chaotically enjoyable. With this culminating volume Grant lets more veils drop to give us a clearer view of the story in all its brainblown splendor, alive and revealing new intricacies at every turn, and near the end almost drops the storytelling convention of conflict in order to have more room for the download of more mad ideas. Reading this series once is certainly not enough, and this being my third full encounter only reinforces its in...

I remember being largely confused by the finale of The Invisibles when I read it for the first time as a teenager. I enjoyed it more this time around, not least because I read it shortly after the preceding six volumes. It hangs together better and makes more sense with the rest of the series in recent memory. Consequently I'm adding a fifth star, which applies both to this volume and the series as a whole. There are cast changes in The Invisibles, Vol. 7: The Invisible Kingdom. Ragged Robin and...

I don't know what to say about this volume, or this entire series. Obviously, you'll get a lot more out of it if you know what Morrison is referring to. The list is very long, and reads like a roll call of conspiracy theories and paranormal concepts. I can't say that I got everything, but I was able to understand quite a bit of it. Did I like it? Well... Yes and no. There are some really great things in here, and I think Morrison had put some serious thought into how to construct his finale. But...

I would give it 3.5 stars if that was an option, but it's not. And I don't want to give it 4 stars, so it's 3.Was it worth reading this series? I would say yes. But I'm not a representative sample of the public.I've read a lot of weird stuff over the years. So, I think I have a good idea of what Morrison is talking about. Or, put differently, you NEED to be a weirdo to understand this series.If you're just a casual reader, don't waste your time on The Invisibles.I'm reasonably familiar with many...

Just an incredible series, event better on the second readthrough.

The Invisibles story wraps up with hyper-dimensional, mystical, woo woo. Non-linear, and exciting. You'll like this a whole lot if you "get" or are familiar with certain things that are explored in the storyline - metaphysically speaking. Reading up on quantum physics, cosmology, psychedelia, occult, conspiracy theory, UFOs, paranormal, and ancient mysteries, probably gave me a bit of an edge. I'm willing to bet most of the people who appreciate this series find these topics somewhat interesting...

The Invisible Kingdom is at first glance what appeared to be a mishmash of different story elements that have no connection to each other as the story progresses it becomes apparent that they are part of a deeper hole! :D The pace the story is frenetic and fast-paced without ever slowing down with things in the presence and future coming together to explain elements happening in either period! :D The characterisation, bearing in mind that some of the characters are under multiple colours, is bri...

I really, really do love this volume. I know many people don't. But man, what an excellent story. Like I've said in earlier reviews, The Invisibles works best when parts of the story are just out of reach...and I love how this brings so many things together. One of the parts I love best, that I finally just now discovered (this is my 5th or 6th reread), is how Edie, when talking about the end of her life, is talking about how what really matters are goodness and kindness, in other words, positiv...

I loved it, its funny though, almost everybody complains about the anticlimatic ending, but wait a minute the whole series is an orgasmic climax, everytime I was finishing an Invisibles volume I felt my head spinning on the speed of light towards every direction, its a tense and dense series which by default is the revelation itself on every page, so what more could you expect?! I believe Morrison wants to leave the reader free to make whaveter he wants out of it in the end, like planetary, ever...