Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

17 reviews

marinapetal's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Antisemitism, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Child abuse

rtaire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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I definitely recommend most everyone read this book (and the second volume). It's a beautifully nuanced memoir of a holocaust survivor and the complicated relationship between him and his son, the comic artist writing/drawing the book. Glad I read the book now when I am struggling with all the grey space of my own relationship between myself and my mother. Makes me feel more at ease about the lack of clear distinctions of "morally good" and "bad", the messy in-between of reality.

The art style really helped to put some distance between me and the extremely difficult subject matter of the Holocaust, which allowed me to keep reading when I might have otherwise needed to stop to preserve my mental health. Still, some of the images are truly haunting and it helps to be prepared to know that these books cover the worst of what humanity is capable of. I still think it is very worth it to remember these atrocities, especially at a time when people are trying to erase them and ban important books like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Genocide, War, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, and Sexism

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Ableism, Classism, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer and Excrement

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

even though the book's subject has been done countless times, maus somehow feels even more harrowing than most because of its characters' depiction as mice, cats, and pigs..like a graphic novel version of orwell's 1984. It was surreal seeing the spiegelmans disappear to the nazi's atrocities one by one. also appreciate the author's realistic and humanistic portrayal of his father.

despite being about an event that has been told in various forms countless times, this book still manages to be shocking, jarring, and evocative through the personal tale that illustrates people as complex beings and very impactful drawings. drawing the characters as animals is such a simple method, but it's surprisingly effective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

kengiedamali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Suicide, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, and Misogyny

plxtoprojector's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: War, Death, Child death, Racism, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, and Murder

frankie_reads2's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Torture