Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Maus II. Die Geschichte eines Überlebenden. Und hier begann mein Unglück by Art Spiegelman

44 reviews

jbeoin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Torture, Hate crime, Murder, Genocide, Physical abuse, War, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

ayoung720's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Deportation, Physical abuse, Death, War, and Genocide

Minor: Cannibalism

aisabel's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, War, and Racism

kwurtzel3's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence and Child death

tia_nellie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, and Violence

e_scapes's review against another edition

4.25

Like all good Holocaust stories, this book was frightening and uncomfortable but at the same time hopeful. I liked how the narrative changed between the father’s account of his life during WWII and the son’s life. I think this added to the depth of the story, and I enjoyed being able to see how the events of WWII affected Vladek all throughout his life — from his frugality to his relationship with his neighbors. The scene where  

Art and Françoise give a ride to a black hitchhiker was especially poignent. Vladek was rude to the black man, and it was interesting to me how someone who was the victim of such a horrific case of discrimination was able to go on and discriminate against others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Moderate: Death, Excrement, Grief, and Child death

dananana's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Antisemitism, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, and Xenophobia

aezlo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: War, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

thunderdone's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Violence, War, Physical abuse, and Death

This book is a graphic memoir about Art Spiegelman's father's experience through the holocaust.

chelsaat's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Parts of this made me physically ill to read, and I think that’s a good thing. I should still be able to be shocked and horrified, and hope I never numb myself to atrocities like this. It reinvigorates me to stand up against any hate I see, against any group. Would that humanity can someday realize that we have more in common than our differences. At the end of the day, all we want is to be safe with our family and friends. Every human deserves that right. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, and Violence