Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Vertelling van een overlevende: En hier begon mijn ellende pas by Jessica Durlacher, Art Spiegelman

27 reviews

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Racism, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child death

aladriel0901's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, Suicide, Genocide, and Death of parent

nosey667's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

5.0

i havent read many books on the holocaust nor have i really learnt much about it, but this book gives one of the most moving and i think honest depictions of these events. i think the choice of artwork is so so well done, to show the jews as pests and the nazis as predators, and puts it into perspective so well.
i cant describe this in a way that i feel will enough do it justice, but ive seen many describe it as essential reading and i 100% agree. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

hayleyholliday's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible. Even more heartbreaking than the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Antisemitism, War, Violence, and Suicide

mks74354's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: War

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Racism, Torture, Child death, Animal death, War, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

courtneyivaska's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Maus 1-2 should absolutely be required reading for everyone.  This biographical story of how Spiegelman's parents survived the atrocities of WWII and the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau and sheds lights on the depravity of man and the horrifying choices that people are forced to make during war.  Readers may need to pace themselves (I had to take breaks) but should know that it is worth reading.  In addition to telling the survival story of his father, the book also grapples with the aftermath of war and what happens to people after they have experienced such trauma.  He does not paint his father in a perfect light, instead gives an honest portrayal of someone whose experience is reflected in his treatment of others after the war (i.e. some domestic neglect, racist attitudes toward others, hoarding).   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Suicide, Excrement, War, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Racism

carolibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Torture

Minor: Suicide

rtaire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

 Support banned books! (This review is a copy-paste of my review for Vol 1)

I definitely recommend most everyone read this book (and the first volume). It's a beautifully nuanced memoir of a holocaust survivor and the complicated relationship between him and his son, the comic artist writing/drawing the book. Glad I read the book now when I am struggling with all the grey space of my own relationship between myself and my mother. Makes me feel more at ease about the lack of clear distinctions of "morally good" and "bad", the messy in-between of reality.

The art style really helped to put some distance between me and the extremely difficult subject matter of the Holocaust, which allowed me to keep reading when I might have otherwise needed to stop to preserve my mental health. Still, some of the images are truly haunting and it helps to be prepared to know that these books cover the worst of what humanity is capable of. I still think it is very worth it to remember these atrocities, especially at a time when people are trying to erase them and ban important books like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Racism, and Sexism

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

this book deserves more than 5 stars for its historical and moral values, but it gets 3 stars from me when considered from a "like" standpoint. the historical events and details depicted are sickening and horrific, where death is all-encompassing. the drawings and the metaphors are impactful and utilized very effectively. i also admire the way the author portrays his father, a complex man whose resourcefulness, wit, and luck saved him, but whose thoughts and habits in his aging years can be frustrating. th second volume of maus is an important work of both art and history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Death, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Confinement, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, War, and Grief