Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Maus: Racconto di un sopravvissuto. I, Mio padre sanguina storia by Art Spiegelman

47 reviews

bekkabergamot's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book is heartbreaking and it is also essential.  Sadly, Holocaust misinformation and denial is at an all time high, so is antisemitism.  Reading books by survivors and the children of them is crucial in understanding the true horrors that were inflicted upon the Jewish and other communities.  Approximately 6 million Jewish people and 5 million prisoners of war were murdered by the Nazis.  According to the World Population Review, there were 14.7 million Jewish people reported globally in 2021.  While that number is subjective, it does adequately display that the Holocaust eliminated almost half of the population of surviving Jews, or slightly under 1/3 of the Jewish population at the time.  

<i>Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)</i> goes between the complicated relationship that Art Spiegelman had with his father as he interviews his father for his book and then goes back in time to depict his father's story of anguish and survival.  If you haven't read this yet, add it to your TBR! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

plxtoprojector's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

rachelwierick's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

lauren_loves_books's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death

yavin_iv's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

hannahniles's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Not really sure what the mice add to the story vs drawing them as humans. But good story otherwise. Definitely need part 2 because this is only half the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Murder

frankie_reads2's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder