Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

38 reviews

migimasa's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, Violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Hate crime, Death, and Antisemitism

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Death, Deportation, Police brutality, Confinement, Hate crime, Torture, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Dementia, War, Murder, Suicide, Gore, Antisemitism, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

scarse48's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

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

chambre1055's review

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

How come for social animals, we can only recognise social evils when it hits us but never when it hurts others?
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Violence, Suicide, War, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Death of parent, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

teh_niarr's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Murder, Child death, Antisemitism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, War, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Grief

dariayune's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I was amazed by this book and its format. What I loved most was the way in which certain parallels were drawn throughout the story. Not only did it have a constant back and forth between past and present: a father, son perspective. It also showed a clear change in the portrayal of the dad through both of these perspectives: As a hero, resourceful, clever, brave and resilient... And as stingy, bitter, feeble and old. It makes the reader wonder if it is time which has changed the man or if it's the perspective that makes the difference. Is it possible they are both the same person: during and after the war. It makes our main character more complex and layered than if we'd only hear about his past.
Another interesting and beautiful choice in Art Spiegelman's stoytelling can be found in the people being portrayed as different animals and how sometimes one would be wearing a mask of another: it just so clearly visualised the visibility that certain groups (especially Jews) faced in these times. And don't get me started on the harshness of such a story being told by drawings. Drawings which are often characterised in our heads by being innocent and mild. And the foreshadowing we would get during the time jumps that showed the artists perspective... It is great storytelling in quite an accessible format if a time that must be remembered. And I would dare to argue: now more than ever...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, War, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

kaimetcalfe's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, War, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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