Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

115 reviews

teddie_valetine98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

I don’t star rate these types of books but this book was such an important read to me.
I think people need to read this at least once!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, War, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Genocide, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Torture, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide

scarse48's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This is an interview done by a Holocaust survivor's son in the form of a graphic novel. There is a ton of deliberate choice in the symbolism throughout the pages. This is the sort of story best read in groups because you will miss symbolism others will pick up on and vice versa. This, like all survivor stories, is bleak and tragic and focused on survival. This has additional slight framing through the relationship difficulties Spiegelman's father had with everyone after experiencing such cruel events, some of which feel so much lighter than the other material that they come across as comedic relief even though they aren't actually funny.
There are a lot of applicable content warnings within this story but I urge all of those who can possibly find themselves strong enough to read this book to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Confinement, Gun violence, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

There is a moment within the last half of the book where someone being shot to death is related to that of a dog that had been shot to death.

norcana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Grief

demetrius_bennett's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, War, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Racism, Antisemitism, and Confinement

Moderate: Excrement, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Car accident

dspickes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Antisemitism, Torture, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Deportation and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and War

ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, War, Torture, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Follows the author's father's journey through the Holocaust.

chambre1055's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

How come for social animals, we can only recognise social evils when it hits us but never when it hurts others?
😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, Death, War, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

teh_niarr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Murder, Child death, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, War, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Grief

pupaebug's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

absolutely blew me away. the telling of the holocaust through the lens of a survivor while also incorporating elements of art spiegelman's relationship with his aging father made this an incredibly profound story on multiple levels. and what a surprisingly perfect medium to share this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, War, Suicide, Hate crime, Death, and Grief