Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Maus: Povest preživelog. I, Moj otac krvari istoriju by Art Spiegelman

109 reviews

shoohoob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

Required reading for me as a granddaughter of a holocaust survivor. This was really really tough to read, but I’m glad I did. 

So much of Art and his father’s relationship reminds me of mine with my mom. Maybe it’s the intergenerational trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

untoworthy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, and War

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Cursing and Trafficking

mks74354's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Suicide and War

marinapetal's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

madison1239's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death and Death

elihegy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Antisemitism

marissasa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This graphic novel is hard-hitting, emotional, and complex in every way. The Holocaust is always a hard topic to read about, and yet the comic format with Jewish people represented as mice, Polish people as pigs, and German people as cats presents a true narrative of a Jewish family's survival in a way that makes the atrocities they faced seem just as horrific as they were, but somehow also more digestible and readable. I very much admire Art Spiegelman's artistic choice to include imagery of himself at the present time of interviewing his father and the discussions they had about the experiences he would eventually turn into a comic, making the comic meta while also giving a chance to see what his father was like in the present in comparison to how he was in the past while living through life in Poland. The art itself is haunting but brilliantly done, filled with details and expressions of fear, surprise, grief, and more that you wouldn't expect to come across as emotional as they do when depicted on mice. I was interested in reading this book ever since I heard it made its way onto banned books list in America, and I am glad I read it because I now know how important a piece of work like this is in preserving history and personal accounts of the Holocaust, and how its uniqueness in presentation allowed discussions around the crimes of Nazi Germany to be more easily accessible and held especially among children just learning the history today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

emmakchapman's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War