Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

28 reviews

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

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

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

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

mpurdy's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Gun violence, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death

nouveau's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Violence, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Excrement, Car accident, and Alcohol

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

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this graphic novel, if their mental health allows for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

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