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4.61 AVERAGE
4.61 AVERAGE
moments of brilliance and brave for Spiegelman's sturdy form and lack of flourish...but beyond that i find very little to appreciate...feels novel in the grand scheme of sequential art but not literature, which is closer to what it is...comics for those who don't read comics?? animal motif kinda disagreeable too...choices of when to be objective and when to make a comment, kinda questionable
i find the balance of perspectives, modes, central purposes...muddled and frustratingly indecisive...the most memorable and influential bits are Art's woe-is-me peeks behind the curtain, and it's difficult to appreciate those knowing how many significantly less compelling artists would rise to prominence in the medium doing essentially the same thing
i find the balance of perspectives, modes, central purposes...muddled and frustratingly indecisive...the most memorable and influential bits are Art's woe-is-me peeks behind the curtain, and it's difficult to appreciate those knowing how many significantly less compelling artists would rise to prominence in the medium doing essentially the same thing
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
sad
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Death of parent
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War
devastating portrayal of intergenerational trauma and the impact the Holocaust continues to have on Jewish people decades after the end of the Second World War. Necessary reading.
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced