Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Maus: Povest preživelog. I, Moj otac krvari istoriju by Art Spiegelman

37 reviews

has3000's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

It’s hard to imagine living near Germany around 1940.
Even today, with all the legislative persecution of minorities and LGBTQ people, as a straight, white man it’s hard to imagine that anything like Nazi Germany could truly come to pass.

And yet this book hits hard. This is a much lighter book than I imagine part two will be, but still it’s so heavy. Seeing this family go through the war, from disbelief to living in a cellar trying to avoid Auschwitz… it’s heartbreaking.

The art is simple, with different animal species representing different groups of people. And the story is split between the author talking to his father in the present day and showing us the things from the 40s that he is talking about.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Hate crime, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Genocide, and Antisemitism

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Hate crime, Death, Antisemitism, War, and Suicide

larrarreadsboks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, Death, War, Racism, Murder, Hate crime, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Suicide

pbella3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Torture, War, Death, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

chaos_animates's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Xenophobia, Murder, War, Hate crime, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Deportation, and Death of parent

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Suicide, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, Death of parent, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Hate crime, Confinement, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, and Antisemitism

alerdman's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Death, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Child death, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

jakepasseri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, and Genocide

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

nia_readsalot's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Hate crime, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, War, and Grief

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Art Speigelman illustrates the conversations he has with his father about his experiences during WWII in Poland. This graphic novel doesn’t shy away from the horror that Speigelman’s family endured, and is at times a hard read but a very necessary one. Speigelman includes his father’s story along with scenes in present day detailing how these conversations took place, and the result is a captivating tale that I can’t wait to continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Violence, Antisemitism, Child death, Hate crime, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, War, and Xenophobia