Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

27 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

aroush's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Racism, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

has3000's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.5

My thoughts from the first book generally hold true for this one. Part two dives into the really horrific parts of the holocaust, and how the author’s father survived it. It doesn’t make out the author or his dad to be great or terrible people, just humans (or…I guess mice, technically).

The comic style and the time jumping both help to take the edge off of these hard topics, so they don’t feel as intense, for better or worse.

Overall it’s a well-done book, and it’s telling that many people want to ban it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Racism

zagecko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, War, Xenophobia, and Violence

himani19's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide, Police brutality, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Murder, and Death of parent

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

Everyone needs to read this and the first book. It's a raw and powerful story of a Jewish man who survived the Holocaust. Check the content warnings and take care of yourself, but it's a very important book.

An interesting quote from pg. 90 that I will be thinking about for months or even years to come:

Art: I'd rather kill myself than live through all that...

Francoise: What? Returning groceries?

Art: No. Everything Vladek went through. It's a miracle he survived.

Francoise: Uh-huh. But in some ways he didn't survive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Torture, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Medical content, Slavery, Body horror, Medical trauma, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War

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

chaos_animates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, War, Slavery, Murder, Gore, Antisemitism, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

sadiaa's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, War, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Deportation, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Torture, Confinement, and Dementia

kaitlyncookies's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Without a doubt, the best and most memorable Holocaust story I’ve ever encountered. Read it to remember the horror of how humans have treated (and continue to treat) other humans, and to witness what it means to be a survivor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, and Antisemitism