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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
30 reviews
chaos_animates's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, War, Slavery, Murder, Gore, Antisemitism, and Violence
Moderate: Torture
cuntbarton's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, War, Death of parent, Genocide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Child death
Minor: Suicide
madisone's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Death of parent
Moderate: Death and Child death
aladriel0901's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, Suicide, Genocide, and Death of parent
ehmannky's review
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Racism, Torture, Child death, Animal death, War, Genocide, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide
nikexistiertnik's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Torture, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Grief
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
author2223's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, and Death
Moderate: War
Minor: Death of parent
bookgirllife's review against another edition
4.5
The writing style follows on from Vol. 1, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Upon reading the complete collection, I stand firmly that this was the most accessible history book about the Holocaust that I’ve ever encountered. It is easily comprehendible while conveying the emotional impact of the Jewish experience of the Holocaust.
Maus II gives the reader a greater insight into the author’s life, post-publication of Vol. 1. I thought this was a very interesting perspective to add to the story of the lasting effects of the Holocaust on the Jews of today, and how generational trauma can affect people that weren’t directly traumatised by the events of the war. It lends an understanding of the fractured relationship Spiegelman has with his father. Vladek’s story is horrifying, as a reader. I can only imagine how much more horrifying it would be as his child.
Family and love are actually greater themes in this collection than I had first given credit to, and it is further highlighted in this volume, which spends more time “in the present” (i.e. when Speigelman was writing the comic). Not only do we see that through the father-son relationship that underpins the whole collection, but we also witness it through the dread that Vladek and Anja endure not knowing if the other is alive during their time forced apart at Auschwitz. The love they had for each other was powerful and perhaps the only form of hope available to them during that harrowing time.
I don’t think it is possible to overstate how moving this graphic novel, this collection as a whole, was. Maus is powerful in an almost unsuspecting way. Of course any literature about World War 2 is bound to be heavy, but seeing the events of the Holocaust through the lens of comic strips is a lot more hard-hitting than I would have ever expected from the genre. I am pleased to say this shattered every expectation I could have held. I would highly recommend everyone read the complete collection.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, and Death
Moderate: Racism, Violence, and War
Minor: Death of parent
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