Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

26 reviews

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

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

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

Hangings

queerloras's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, War, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

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

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, War, Suicide, Torture, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, Deportation, Hate crime, and Medical content

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

lynxpardinus's review

dark emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Medical content and Toxic relationship

rosenym's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Murder, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Racism