Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

68 reviews

snikhtha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Minor: Suicide

readingthroughthelists's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

The strained bonds between parent and child, already present in Vol. 1, come to the forefront in Maus: Vol. II. Watching Art’s struggle to show patience and understanding with his miserly, contentious, and prejudiced father moved me greatly, almost as much as hearing about the horrors of the Holocaust.

Art’s portrayal of his father is sharp but not unsympathetic, even in the moments when Vladek is shown to be deeply prejudiced and even racist, as if he had learned nothing from all he suffered. Maus: Vol. II serves as a reminder that there are no perfect victims; all survivors have their traumas, their petty cruelties, their vices. And yet they are the ones who made it home, who defied the odds and survived…don’t they also deserve their happy endings?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Racism

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

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

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful ending to the story of the author’s parents time during the holocaust. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Antisemitism

morgcxn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, and Genocide

scouto's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Death, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Racial slurs, and War

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

botanicpanic's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Moderate: War, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent