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Maus by Art Spiegelman

26 reviews

ju_harue's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Maus, indiscutivelmente é uma obra densa, que termina com aquele peso no estômago. Ler um recorte de uma vida que passou por tudo isso, é fatigante, parece que li por meses, acompanhando tudo que está retratado.
A escolha de usar quadrinhos como estilo de narração, foi incrível. O recurso de serem animais, foi genial. A tradução está ótima, mantendo características oratórias.
Não dá pra "gostar" de uma história assim, mas é sem dúvida uma obra excelente.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Police brutality, Slavery, Death of parent, Excrement, Genocide, War, Classism, Gun violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Hate crime, Gore, Grief, Xenophobia, Racism, Torture, and Antisemitism

notthatcosta's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I have not read many graphic novels but this has convinced me that I ought to. It's difficult to truly comprehend how horrifying the Holocaust was, but Art Spiegelman is able to capture the visceral horror of his father's experience, albeit often delivered with the nonchalance of someone who had no choice but to cope.

The 'present day' flashes of Art and Vladek's relationship are both charming and grounding, allowing readers to view his father in totality and not just in the context of his experience in Auschwitz. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Religious bigotry, Slavery, War, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Ableism, Blood, Violence, Antisemitism, Hate crime, and Self harm

kemrick19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Grief, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, War, Violence, Racism, Self harm, Hate crime, Mental illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Death of parent

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Death, Deportation, Police brutality, Confinement, Hate crime, Torture, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Dementia, War, Murder, Suicide, Gore, Antisemitism, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

jura_atmos's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Racial slurs, Confinement, War, Excrement, Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Gore, and Suicide

dakotahreads's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Violence, War, Death of parent, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Gore, Racism, and Antisemitism

piperca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

I found myself having a difficult time with the father son relationship. Both Flawed and traumatized people for obvious reasons. Found myself wishing that the focus was more heavily focused on the fathers retelling of events rather than the fallout from a damaged person raising a child. I supposed illuminating the generational effects of trauma is important, but had a hard time resonating with or feeling much empathy for the son. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Racism, Child death, Classism, Genocide, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Confinement, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Xenophobia, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

dexlud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Maus is a beautiful graphic biography of Art Speigelman's father's experience during the holocaust as a survivor. This book is just stunning and every single person on this Earth has to read this book. I personally believe it should be made essential reading due to how important these topics are. The book is also not trying to glorify his father, even though he was a survivor, he is still flawed. Most history textbooks will only share an experience by the mass, but this is a personal experience that has such significant impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Grief, Hate crime, Abandonment, War, Animal death, Confinement, Deportation, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, and Torture

jhbandcats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Devastating. I can’t begin to imagine how truly horrific the Holocaust was. It must have been so hard for Art Spiegelman to listen to his father tell of his experiences from the mid-1930s to the end of the war. Spiegelman is masterful in turning his father’s words into a visual document of the devastation.

Maus I deals more with the lead-up to the incarceration, torture, and death of the Jews in Polish ghettos and concentration camps. Maus II is more about enduring the camps and finally being saved, and Spiegelman’s fraught relationship with his emotionally damaged father. Everyone in both his mom and his dad’s family was killed, literally dozens were murdered - well, one of his dad’s brothers survived - and his mother, overcome by it all, committed suicide when Spiegelman was twenty. This, of course, further damaged his father, already a man in deep psychological and emotional pain. 

Astoundingly good and beyond horrible at the same time. Everyone should read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Antisemitism, Suicide, Violence, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, and War

pika's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

Nazi Germany concentration camps

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Racial slurs, War, Death, Genocide, Body horror, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse