Customer Reviews
Bored Garth? Not as much as I was. - By: , 13 Oct 2004 
By this stage of the Preacher storyline, it was pretty obvious how bored Garth Ennis had gotten with the book, as the ending was like an off hand dismissal of the characters he had spent so much time developing. But doing this is a fairly typical Ennis move, he bores with characters quite easily & is then quick to run them into the ground, as seen with his recent turn on the Punisher comic book.
The only good thing about this book is that we weren't subjected to yet another Garth Ennis version of the troublesin Northern Ireland, which he amazingly always seems to bring his books back to at some point, even the Punisher for god's sake!
Ennis is insanely overrated & this book is a prime example of why. If you enjoyed the start of Preacher, this ending will be a big let down.
I was hoping for a better ending - By: , 24 Aug 2001 
This is no way of ending The Preacher saga. The book is cool, but it's no match to the previous volumes. I don't like the way the Preacher dealed with "God"; & I was hoping Starr would continue to be deconstructed. But no... You could've done better, Ennis.
In a perfect world all books would be this good. - By: Scott James (srj9@aber.ac.uk), 22 Aug 2001 
As last stands go, Preacher: Alamo had a lot to live up to. Expectations were high, perhaps ridiculously so, & to be honest I didn't believe that the finished article could match the hype.
I was wrong.
Almost from the word "go", Ennis & Dillon rack up the tension to such a degree that by the time Jesse confronts Cassidy outside the Alamo I was on the edge of my seat, baying for blood.
The confrontation between the two friends is superb & undeniably a more exhilarating prospect than the long-gestating heavyweight bout between Lennox Lewis & Mike Tyson.
Elsewhere, the shattered remnants of the Grail conspiracy, led by fabulous All-Father Starr, begin to movein on the Alamo,in a last ditch effort to kill Jesse.
On that subject, I thought I should add that Herr Starr is quite possibly the most disgustingly grotesque, yet undeniably hilarious villain I have ever witnessed. From his origins as a training camp instructor, Herr Starr's rise to power has been an event to savour. Cutting a fine line between the tragic & the grotesque, Starr has been beaten, shot, stabbed, raped, & castrated; yet he has never lost sight of the goal that drives him. Through amputation & sordid sexual activity, Starr has been transformed from a ruthless, calculating assassin to a manic, mass-murdering despot. With a head that looks like a big pecker.
Also, fans of Cassidy will be pleased to hear that the duplicitous vampire will make one last effort to make amends after screwing up so many people's lives. Needless to say, his "plan" does not exactly go off without a hitch, but I suppose that's precisely the point. With Cassidy it's all about the effort rather than the execution.
And for all those of you who didn't appreciate the revelations of Cassidy's sordid past, then his last gesture of decency will perhaps settle the nerves of all those readers who felt as betrayed as Reverend Jesse Custer.
This final chapter is greatin a way I didn't think possible. The artwork is still top-notch, but then again you wouldn't expect anything less. The dialogue is sharp & witty, even though some phrases are a little too "British" for my liking.
But minor gripes aside, Preacher: Alamo is a great, great story that addressees the issue of dogmatic religion & forces us to question the values of a God who has been absent from our lives for the last two thousand years.
All-powerful & omnipotent as He is, nobody is infallible & Reverend Jesse Custer is about to prove that everybody is accountable for his or her mistakes, including God.
Here we GO! - By: diangelis@btinternet.com, 12 May 2001 Step right up, folks - this is the one we've either been waiting for or dreading. After this there will be no more Preacher books to look forward to.
Just think about that for a moment.
We've been through the ups & the downs. We've stood by Jessie's side when he had to face his Ma, we've had a drink with Cassidy, & we're all secret members of the Arse-face fanclub. So, if you've ever wondered whether or not Featherstone & Starr get together, or just what the Saint of Killers really wants from God, you need wait no longer. It's all here, but I won't spoil it for you.
After the lull of "Salvation" & "All Hell's A'Coming", it's wonderful to see this collection so vividly & dramatically concluded. This edition has all the tension of "How I Learned to Love the Lord" , the humour of "For all Mankind" & the tenderness of "Rumors of War" all rolled into one big package.
Lock the doors, take the phone off the hook, cancel the pay-per-view, & get ready for a hell of an evening. But just one bit of advice - don't read it too quickly. Make it last. It'll be a long time before you find a story that means this much to you again.
The only thing left is to say Thank You
And Goodbye, mate
A satisfying conclusion - By: , 08 May 2001 
I approached the last volumein the epic Preacher saga with mixed feelings: Having waited over a year for it, I was anticipating the conclusion of the tale anxiously. How do you wrap up a story that contains characters ranging from irish vampires to the Creator himself?
On the other hand, I simply didn't want the story to end. Well, now it has ended, & Garth Ennis pulled off a finale that does the entire story arc justice (though I personally did expect more of a big bang ending...).
Read it!
