Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

6 reviews

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

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

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

annabeth_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, War, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racism

sophicat's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, War, Genocide, and Grief

auteaandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Gore, Grief, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Excrement, Gun violence, Confinement, Murder, Police brutality, and War