Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

4 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

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

bookchatwithbeth's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Body horror, Death, Confinement, Gun violence, and Hate crime

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