Reviews

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

4/5

Wow, this book was so different and so real. The story that is told was split between not just the father but the son and showed how both of them were affected by what happened. I can’t believe schools are pulling this from their shelves and the book has been banned in areas. It is a way to really teach people more about this time in history that will never be forgotten.

rackuhn's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

beautiful and incredibly tragic. the work this book has done to make graphic novels accepted as literature means the world to me

sparky_lurkdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

5.0

hakimbriki's review against another edition

4.0

"Courage isn’t just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It’s being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway." - Dr. Who (3rd).

Maus is a graphic novel - scratch that - graphic memoir that everyone should read. It is a book that stays with you, makes you think a lot about the value of life and family amongst other things.
It relates the story of the author's father (Vladek Spiegelman), polish jew, during the horrific events of the Second World War. It also explores the troubled relationship between Art and Vladek, which was for me the most poignant (yet often funny) part of the book. The characters' anthropomorphism is brilliantly and very astutely done; it gives the story an interesting twist and it showcases the author's amazing ingenuity and creativeness.
I wish there were more books that approach such difficult subjects so cleverly.

tobymacl's review against another edition

5.0

Undoubtedly the best graphic novel I’ve ever read. Poignant, moving, complex and difficult. Not an easy read but hugely important.

carmenrm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.5

Cada nuevo testimonio de la guerra que leo trae consigo horrores nuevos y tal como dice en una de las viñetas "¿Para qué? La gente no ha cambiado...."

handful_of_frogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

knod78's review against another edition

5.0

I can't believe this book is banned. There was nothing and I mean NOTHING sexual or nude. In fact, the picture in question only shows part of the body and no fronts or backs. There were maybe two hanging pictures, but you never see the head. And in fact, if you looked at any of the pictures with dead mice without reading the text, you wouldn't know that they are dead. I've seen worse in history books about WWII/Holocaust in public schools than this book. This is flat out ridiculous and clearly from people who are Holocaust deniers.

Anyways. Off my soapbox. This book was emotional and lovely and quite honestly the best way to describe what happen. This is also probably one of the better graphic novel books that I have read, because it felt more like a conversation than a story. I never felt like I was missing information like I do in other graphic novels/comics; this is a main reason I stayed away from them for so long. I would only maybe say that the font was super small and the black / white made it difficult for this old woman to see clearly.

I loved this book. You will love it while you are thinking how can I read this book.

emilija_djokic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

sa_lina's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

5.0