Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

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

11 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

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

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

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

thunderdone's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Violence, War, Physical abuse, and Death

This book is a graphic memoir about Art Spiegelman's father's experience through the holocaust.

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

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

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

this book deserves more than 5 stars for its historical and moral values, but it gets 3 stars from me when considered from a "like" standpoint. the historical events and details depicted are sickening and horrific, where death is all-encompassing. the drawings and the metaphors are impactful and utilized very effectively. i also admire the way the author portrays his father, a complex man whose resourcefulness, wit, and luck saved him, but whose thoughts and habits in his aging years can be frustrating. th second volume of maus is an important work of both art and history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Death, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Confinement, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, War, and Grief

quirkko24's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Religious bigotry, Death, Torture, Murder, War, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Antisemitism

amyl2904's review

dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Religious bigotry