Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

29 reviews

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

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

a_violentfemme's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The easiest 5star I have given in a while. What an incredible work and such a powerful exploration of both history and family relationships, generational trauma and also hope. 
As powerfully illustrated as it is written. This is a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Antisemitism, Confinement, Violence, Torture, War, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Suicide, and Physical abuse

ninahuynh's review

challenging dark medium-paced

3.5

Overall, interesting biography. I thought it was unique to use mice as the character avatar, and using other animals to depict the different nationalities. The story itself was slow to medium-paced, I would say, with pages filled with words. I understand that the author may have tried to depict the familial interactions as true to life as possible, but boy do I get annoyed by how Art treats his dad.

Also, the font of the text makes it difficult to discern some words throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Hate crime, Death of parent, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Antisemitism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Genocide, and Gun violence

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

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

katischr's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely essential read for everyone. It is incredibly dark and hard to stomach at times, but crucial to read. The lessons the book shares about the Holocaust, how fascism and genocide begin, and even intergenerational trauma are still extremely relevant and important for everyone to internalize.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Deportation, and Genocide

tree_hugging_ginge's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, War, Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Confinement, Deportation, and Fire/Fire injury

lily_alybaba's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Antisemitism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death