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jura_atmos's review
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Genocide, Racial slurs, Confinement, War, Excrement, Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Gore, and Suicide
norcana's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Suicide, Antisemitism, Bullying, War, and Genocide
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Grief
demetrius_bennett's review
4.5
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
chambre1055's review
4.5
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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
piperca's review
3.5
Graphic: Antisemitism, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Racism, Child death, Classism, Genocide, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Confinement, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Xenophobia, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence
dexlud's review
4.75
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
5.0
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
torismazarine's review
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Self harm, and Police brutality
Moderate: Deportation
Minor: Vomit, Excrement, and Terminal illness
oceanwriter's review
5.0
Comic writer and illustrator Art Spiegel tells his father's WWII survival story in a series of two books (combined into one edition in this printing). Though not illustrations of humans, the imagery of the concentration camps (and what Jewish people went through in general) is as grim as you'd expect them to be. This isn't a watered-down narration that tried to spare the reader from the horrors. It's a raw and honest account.
The book is told brilliantly going back and forth between Art's conversations with his father as he relayed his story to that story unfolding on the pages. There are some abrupt starts and finished here and there, but it added to the tone of the book. There is still so much we don't know about what happened during the Holocaust that we may never learn.
In addition to being a book about the Holocaust (namely in Poland), it's also a book about the relationship between a father and son. Intergenerational trauma is a fascinating psychological phenomenon. This has often been seen among children with parents who have had traumatic experiences before their children were born. This along with the natural generational gap between parents and children makes up a lot of the subtext in Art and Vladek's story.
Perhaps it's needless to say that this book is going to stay with me for a long time. It's right up there with The Diary of a Young Girl and The Boy on the Wooden Box. The stories of these victims must be kept alive.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Racism, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Gun violence, Excrement, Confinement, and War
Moderate: Animal death
lynxpardinus's review
4.5
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Suicide, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Self harm, and Torture
Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Classism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Dementia and Car accident