Reviews tagging 'War'

Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I, My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

92 reviews

readingthroughthelists's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I might never have touched Maus had it not been part of our 8th graders’ curriculum for their Holocaust unit. While the unit only required them to read Chapter 4, I went ahead and read all of Volume 1 for context and background. And now I wish we could have read the entire thing together.

Art’s complicated relationship with his father, Vladek’s complicated relationship with both the past and present, and the haunting sense that, for those who survived, the Holocaust never really ended, were things that my students were just dimly starting to understand when we had to move on. Maybe one day, I'll take an entire class through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Moderate: Violence

spicypb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racial slurs, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Confinement, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Medical content, Blood, Child death, and Classism

aroush's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Suicide, War, Murder, Antisemitism, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

lauren717's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Murder, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Hate crime, Suicide, War, and Torture

Moderate: Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Self harm, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

jenareynolds's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Child death, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Suicide, War, Deportation, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

Graphic novel story of fathers time during WWII. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

dcoco's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Any book about the Holocaust is going to be difficult but I sailed through this in one sitting. It’s broken up by the author recounting his father telling him this story and their current day of him collecting the information and the father’s current situation with his wife. The comic style and writing make it all the more fascinating. I would love to see this made into an animation movie as the story of his father is beyond fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Genocide, and Xenophobia

About the Holocaust so will have the usual themes associated with this

hckilgour's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This books hits in a very different way than most Holocaust survivor stories.

This story is told through flashbacks, with there being quit a bit of humor in the present. We obviously know Vladek survives, but the how is what keeps you reading.

This first book ends with Vladek arriving at Auschwitz, so this is without a doubt a series.

It was a slow book in how he got to that point though. But it really hammered home just how many years Vladek and co were hiding and hoping and praying.

This book is poignant but true. And its humor does help to soften the blow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Antisemitism, and Violence

readingbrb's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Confinement and War

suchacommotion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Police brutality, War, Murder, Suicide, Antisemitism, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Mental illness