Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

24 reviews

walskishere's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

I don't feel comfortable rating this, but I did want to make a "review" to say I enjoyed this. I read both parts in a single day. I liked the present-day-to-flashback thing that was going on. I think adding in how Mr.  Spiegelman is in the present caused reflection on how the Holocaust experiences affect the survivors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Genocide, Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Grief, and Deportation

Moderate: Excrement, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness

velokei's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Something everyone should read
It was so beautiful and raised so many questions that are unable to be answered. It handled the holocaust in a striking way and was open and honest about the uncomfortability on profiting off of generational trauma 

Read for a second time for essay in January: I can’t recommend this book enough!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Deportation, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Murder, War, Violence, Antisemitism, Racism, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gore, and Genocide

m4rtt4's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow. I'm speechless. I'd wanted to read this for so long, and it exceeded every expectation I had. Such a raw story. Very emotional and thought-provoking. I don't understand how and why this has been banned in some places – in no way could this book ever promote n*zism in a good way. Everyone should read this; massive content warnings for everything related to the Holocaust and WW2 though. Still, very important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, War, Excrement, and Genocide

morrisimo's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Wow. A harrowing and brutal depiction of the Holocaust told through stories from father to son. I think the juxtaposition of time works very well, and the examination of Art and Vladek's relationship speaks to the impact of the Holocaust on the next generation. I liked how reflexivity was used to examine the implications of writing the book. I also liked the use of different animals to represent different ethnicities, especially the cats and mice as Germans and Jews. The way the story is told is extremely personal, despite the de-personification. We experience both the Holocaust and the father-son relationship on such an intimate level, which makes them all the more powerful. It's a difficult and upsetting read, but it's phenomenal in its execution. I strongly recommend this book, and even though I'm not huge on comics or graphic novels I want to read more of the author's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Death, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sarahsbookss's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Murder, Racial slurs, Grief, Gore, Racism, Suicide, Torture, and War

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Amazing book, a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, War, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Dementia, and Gore

This is a book about the holocaust. Even though the drawings are cartoonish and nothing too explicit is drawn, it is still full of possibly triggering elements.

wanderonwards's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and War

itkit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Self harm

madradstarchild's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, War, and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, Torture, Physical abuse, and Excrement

kiwikarelus's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Ableism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Hate crime, Genocide, Antisemitism, Gore, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Death