Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

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

106 reviews

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

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, War, and Deportation

mjones14's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad medium-paced

4.5

It's a horribly sad story and I hate that it was left on a cliff hanger, however I absolutely shall be reading the next installment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

cosmicpasta's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

larrarreadsboks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicide

pbella3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cassiebee's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: War

freddycrix's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful, sad, and realistic-feeling story of what many jewish people during the war went through. I appreciate the real survivalist outlook it gave me- that those who helped weren’t even that nice, it was about money. And hearing what the post-war did to many. The personality the author gave to these families was well done, and emotional. I cant wait to read part II.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Antisemitism

addytunn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

read this for school and i still have no clue why Maus is a banned book. it's such a unique way to bring up and discuss the events of the Holocaust and was very straightforward with it. if you like WWII literature and enjoy graphic novels, check this one out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy

chaos_animates's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Deportation