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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
21 reviews
ktdakotareads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Violence, Death, Murder, and War
Moderate: Hate crime, Torture, and Grief
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
courtneyivaska's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Suicide, Excrement, War, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Hate crime, Genocide, Gaslighting, and Racism
rtaire's review against another edition
5.0
I definitely recommend most everyone read this book (and the first 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.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Racism, and Sexism
onamoonbeam's review against another edition
4.25
an excellent continuation of the original. i really liked the chapter where you zoom out to see spiegelman sitting on top of a pile of mouse bodies and being questioned by interviewers. the rest of the chapters... seeing one man survive by his skills intelligence and luck and then cutting to how he dies is...sobering? somewhat inspiring? tragic? it definitely feels different to other holocaust narratives i've seen. stories must be told even if there is no just ending
Graphic: Murder, War, Hate crime, Medical content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Antisemitism, Child death, and Genocide
Moderate: Racism
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
5.0
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
leweylibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, War, Antisemitism, Death, and Gore
kengiedamali's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Child death, Excrement, War, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
quirkko24's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Religious bigotry, Death, Torture, Murder, War, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Antisemitism
rachelwierick's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War
yavin_iv's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Murder, Hate crime, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Racism