Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

33 reviews

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

katischr's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely essential read for everyone. It is incredibly dark and hard to stomach at times, but crucial to read. The lessons the book shares about the Holocaust, how fascism and genocide begin, and even intergenerational trauma are still extremely relevant and important for everyone to internalize.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Deportation, and Genocide

tree_hugging_ginge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, War, Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Confinement, Deportation, and Fire/Fire injury

lily_alybaba's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Antisemitism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

xenorpup's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Murder, Body horror, War, Torture, Racism, Hate crime, and Genocide

pika's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

Nazi Germany concentration camps

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Racial slurs, War, Death, Genocide, Body horror, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Physical abuse

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think anyone could ever rate this book as less than five stars. It has completely changed so many peoples lives and given such an insight into the life of a survivor of the Holocaust. As well as the life of the descendants that come after. It was very impactful to read again after so long. I highly recommend everyone read this book at least once if not multiple times throughout their life. It really helps to gain perspective and remember what all people are capable of if we are not careful. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Violence, Deportation, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, and Xenophobia

flowerssss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, War, Confinement, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Child death

Minor: Xenophobia, Cursing, Excrement, and Racism

walskishere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

I don't feel comfortable rating this, but I did want to make a "review" to say I enjoyed this. I read both parts in a single day. I liked the present-day-to-flashback thing that was going on. I think adding in how Mr.  Spiegelman is in the present caused reflection on how the Holocaust experiences affect the survivors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Genocide, Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Grief, and Deportation

Moderate: Excrement, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness

m4rtt4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow. I'm speechless. I'd wanted to read this for so long, and it exceeded every expectation I had. Such a raw story. Very emotional and thought-provoking. I don't understand how and why this has been banned in some places – in no way could this book ever promote n*zism in a good way. Everyone should read this; massive content warnings for everything related to the Holocaust and WW2 though. Still, very important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, War, Excrement, and Genocide