Reviews

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

arja_'s review

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

xfallenstar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

elina_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

raegraham97's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

bigbookslilreads's review

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

atalea's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Violence, Slavery, Deportation, Antisemitism, Death, Xenophobia, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Hate crime

Moderate: Medical trauma, Grief, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Medical content, Child death, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Excrement

Minor: Racism, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, and Stalking

vaasu's review

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

notthatcosta's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

booklover389's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

mb_lovestoread's review

4.0

I loved reading the story from Art via his dad’s perspective. I didn’t like his Dad’s character, and I am still uncertain why his mom did what she did, even though I can understand. The themes in Maus, the symbolism and the usage of pigs, mouses and cats are brilliant.