Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

29 reviews

aroush's review

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

jenareynolds's review

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

gemstonejasper's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

Everyone needs to read this and the sequel. It's a raw and powerful story of a Jewish man who survived the Holocaust. Check the content warnings and take care of yourself, but it's a very important book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, Grief, Genocide, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Slavery, and Child death

amelody's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Deportation, Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Grief

toris_stories1's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

This graphic novel has impacted me so much. The feelings this story has evoked in me are astounding and I will think about this for years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

tonyhonk's review

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, War, Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

wispy_reviews's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

has3000's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

It’s hard to imagine living near Germany around 1940.
Even today, with all the legislative persecution of minorities and LGBTQ people, as a straight, white man it’s hard to imagine that anything like Nazi Germany could truly come to pass.

And yet this book hits hard. This is a much lighter book than I imagine part two will be, but still it’s so heavy. Seeing this family go through the war, from disbelief to living in a cellar trying to avoid Auschwitz… it’s heartbreaking.

The art is simple, with different animal species representing different groups of people. And the story is split between the author talking to his father in the present day and showing us the things from the 40s that he is talking about.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Hate crime, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Genocide, and Antisemitism

alicerogers's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and War

whenweplay1950's review

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, and Murder