Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

10 reviews

demetrius_bennett's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, War, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Racism, Antisemitism, and Confinement

Moderate: Excrement, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Car accident

thegardenlesbian's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I originally learnt about this book because of the possible banning it was going through. I'm not a huge fan of comics and graphic novels, but this one is a masterpiece, and I think everyone should read it if they have the opportunity. It's a great way to learn about the Holocaust from a survivor's perspective.

It's a fast read, it felt like I was breezing through it. I also loved the meta aspect of it, with the author showing his struggles while writing this book, and leaving in the crankiness of his father, even if it makes him, at times, unlikable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Death, Antisemitism, Cursing, Genocide, Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Deportation, Grief, Medical content, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Dementia

Hangings

ankita1996's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, War, and Cursing

salemwasinyouryard's review

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I have a newfound appreciation for activists everywhere. I learned so much about the atrocities of the holocaust that I’ve never read anywhere else, and it makes me want to work harder to ensure nothing like this ever happens again.

There were many moments where I felt like I should’ve been crying, but I didn’t. Not because I didn’t feel the pain, but because I had to acknowledge that it was real and it happened to somebody. This wasn’t some made up, horrible scenario that we never have to worry about—it was real life. I think everyone should try to read to read this at some point in their life, wherever they’re at, because it will leave an impact on you, whether you want it to or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Murder, Police brutality, War, and Torture

tollbooth's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Suicide, War, Violence, and Child death

flowerssss's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, War, Confinement, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Child death

Minor: Xenophobia, Cursing, Excrement, and Racism

odetojersey's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Racism, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Confinement, Hate crime, Death, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Cursing and Medical content

mark70's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Slavery, Antisemitism, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Death

oldtoadwoman's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I read this in the midst of it getting banned in schools, so that was in the back of my head as I read. I think this book should definitely be taught in a larger context (historical, discussions of Vladek's own overt racism, sensitivity to how students will react to suicide and murder, etc), but I also think there is a built-in age limit because of the difficult vocabulary and grammar. (You can almost hear Vladek's Polish accent in the syntax of how his dialogue is written.) I don't think there is any danger of a very small child picking up this "comic book" and being accidentally scandalized by naked mice. The true horror of this story is the historical reality, which everyone needs to learn eventually.

At first, I didn't understand why the author chose to make the Jewish characters mice, but... it would have honestly been too horrible with people. The author also clearly acknowledges that the mice aren't really mice. There's a clever meta discussion at one point, where he and his wife debate whether he should draw her as a mouse (Jewish) or a frog (French) since she is a convert. (She is depicted as a mouse even as they have the conversation of which she should be.) It also underscores the racial lines that were perceived at the time. The Polish are depicted as pigs and the Germans as cats and the French as frogs, but the Jews are always depicted as mice regardless of nationality. 

The principal character, the author/artist's father Vladek, is not a likeable person at all. I appreciate that Spiegelman didn't try to gloss over this or make excuses for him. (More than once, he points out that other Holocaust survivors that he knew growing up did not share all of Vladek's unpleasant quirks and thus it cannot be solely blamed on trauma.)

This is not a light read at all. It's a book about the Holocaust. There is no happy ending. But it's a good book and I recommend that you read it if you can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood and Cursing

victor_gannon's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Such a heartbreaking story that everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.
It shows the horrors of what was happening in a way that could be seen as disturbing but also in a way that makes it easier for those who don't like violence.
I wish that people understand how important this book is and hopefully read it when they can.
The fact that some people want to ban it is disgusting, this book is so important to so many people and the claim that they want it banned because of 'nudity' is honestly stupid. They're mice! They're not really known for wearing clothes.
Anyway, I enjoyed this book, the art was nice and simple while I was able to understand everything that was happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, War, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Child death