Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

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

5 reviews

spicypb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Racism, Excrement, Murder, Gore, Suicide, Addiction, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Animal death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

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

courtneyivaska's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Maus 1-2 should absolutely be required reading for everyone.  This biographical story of how Spiegelman's parents survived the atrocities of WWII and the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau and sheds lights on the depravity of man and the horrifying choices that people are forced to make during war.  Readers may need to pace themselves (I had to take breaks) but should know that it is worth reading.  In addition to telling the survival story of his father, the book also grapples with the aftermath of war and what happens to people after they have experienced such trauma.  He does not paint his father in a perfect light, instead gives an honest portrayal of someone whose experience is reflected in his treatment of others after the war (i.e. some domestic neglect, racist attitudes toward others, hoarding).   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Suicide, Excrement, War, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Racism

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Genocide, Murder, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, Dementia, Racism, Gun violence, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Excrement

kengiedamali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Child death, Excrement, War, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Torture, and Violence