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The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

13 reviews

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Racism

Minor: Sexual violence

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

anfripa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Deportation, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Blood, Antisemitism, Cancer, Grief, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

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

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bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

What can I say about Maus that hasn't already been said? I doubt there is anything - I think everything there was to say about this cultural behemoth and the horrors of history it shares in intimate detail were said before I was even born. I first read Maus when I was 12 and just beginning to understand what the Holocaust really was. Now, at 24, I still find it hard to wrap my head around. But Vladek Spiegelman's experience before, during, and after the war comes alive in this graphic novel. Art Spiegelman excels at focusing on his parents' experience while giving tidbits at the larger shared experience of Holocaust victims. For me, the graphicness and the specificity to two people's story are what makes Maus so effective. The visual metaphor helps a lot, too. Incredible work, truly. I know so many say this, but I have to agree - I think everyone should read Maus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Murder, War, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, Child death, Antisemitism, Blood, Genocide, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

dexlud's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Maus is a beautiful graphic biography of Art Speigelman's father's experience during the holocaust as a survivor. This book is just stunning and every single person on this Earth has to read this book. I personally believe it should be made essential reading due to how important these topics are. The book is also not trying to glorify his father, even though he was a survivor, he is still flawed. Most history textbooks will only share an experience by the mass, but this is a personal experience that has such significant impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Grief, Hate crime, Abandonment, War, Animal death, Confinement, Deportation, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, and Torture

annabeth_jackson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, War, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racism

ladyzbyrd's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a well-written graphic creative nonfiction memoir and a reasonably quick read. The material comes straight from a very dark history of the Holocaust. 

While the history is heartbreaking and the material is incredibly dark, this was a book I enjoyed. It’s quite the oxymoron, but I can’t explain it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Excrement, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

tinyjude's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An extremely difficult but essential read. Everyone should pick up this graphic novel at least once in their lives. Instead of those diluted tales and fiction written by people who want to profit from the pain of survivors but have no connection, respect and/or knowledge about the topic, this book presents us with the perspective of a Polish Jewish couple and their families, making it a fundamental piece of art and history.

The story is a recollection of the horrors, sorrows and hopes of an Holocaust survivor many years after the events. The novel is devised by his son, with whom he has a complicated relationship over the years. Therefore, the topics and their depiction are brutally honest and fundamental in the study and general knowledge of this moment in history. The objective is not to like the characters, but understand what they have been through and put it out in the world so their stories are finally told and not forgotten.

Although it is extremely unfortunate that he was not able to use his mother's diaries and see her perspective as a Jewish woman and a survivor, the story is nonetheless crucial. I hope to read more about the topic from Jewish people (or any of the other minorities affected and decimated by the Nazis) and especially, about the experiencies, thoughts and after effects of those women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Child death, Death, Antisemitism, War, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexism, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Genocide, and Death of parent

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.