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Maus: Die Geschichte Eines Überlebenden. I, Mein Vater Kotzt Geschichte Aus. by Art Spiegelman
89 reviews
thyroyalreader's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Hate crime, and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, and Cursing
Eye opening and a descriptive read. I read before getting into my classes unit on WW2, so expanded upon the more personal experience side of what happened during the Holocaust.thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
3.5
even though the book's subject has been done countless times, maus somehow feels even more harrowing than most because of its characters' depiction as mice, cats, and pigs..like a graphic novel version of orwell's 1984. It was surreal seeing the spiegelmans disappear to the nazi's atrocities one by one. also appreciate the author's realistic and humanistic portrayal of his father.
despite being about an event that has been told in various forms countless times, this book still manages to be shocking, jarring, and evocative through the personal tale that illustrates people as complex beings and very impactful drawings. drawing the characters as animals is such a simple method, but it's surprisingly effective.
despite being about an event that has been told in various forms countless times, this book still manages to be shocking, jarring, and evocative through the personal tale that illustrates people as complex beings and very impactful drawings. drawing the characters as animals is such a simple method, but it's surprisingly effective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, and Grief
mandaleigh's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Xenophobia
oldandnewbooksmell's review against another edition
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reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Trigger Warnings: Holocuast, antisemitism, genocide, war, PTSD, depression, suicide, starvation, death by hanging
Maus I is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman showing both his strain relationship with his father and his father’s retelling of living through the Holocaust.
As I’m sure a lot of others have done, once this title made news about being banned in Tennessee, I immediately got my hands on a copy to see what in the world it was for. This needs to be required reading, not banned reading.
This graphic novel was powerful and heart wrenching. This is such an important book that shows a part of history in graphic novel format - something that is easier for some people to read and understand. Spiegelman depicted Jews as wide-eyed rats and Nazis as cats - that already is a huge symbolism.
Spiegelman didn’t sugarcoat his father’s journey. People of all ages went through the Holocaust and went through hell. We shouldn’t “hide” history, otherwise it repeats itself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Death, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Suicide
selfsoulfriend's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide
orcamagicka's review against another edition
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5.0
I found a free copy of the book online as a PDF online after hearing about the ban in the Tennessee school district. Absolutely a must read for anyone and everyone. The art style is simple yet so impactful and human. The artist has an incredible skill in capturing emotion, mood, and detailing the full complexities of the Holocaust and how it still causes ripple effects long after the end of WWII. This book mainly focuses on the life of the author’s father prior to WWII, his life in the ghettos with his wife, and their intense struggle to evade capture by the Nazis. The book also dips back and forth between past and present. One story being told takes place during the Holocaust, while the other is the experiences of the author as he interviews his father and the complex relationship they have. If you want to begin to understand the Holocaust and the horrors of the Nazi regime and antisemtisim, let Maus be your introduction.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, Racism, Genocide, War, Antisemitism, Suicide, and Death
vikingvisuals's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Reread this for the first time since having read it the first time at a Third Reich Literature course at University. I've wanted to read it again for awhile now, but given the recent news and it's being (ridiculously) banned in Tennessee schools, I knew it was definitely time.
The book is a very unique and personal telling of the experiences his Father and his family had before and leading up to the holocaust. Putting this history into comic form makes the retelling even more visceral.
It's such an impactful book and one that I believe everyone should read in their lifetime. The symbolism that the comic medium provides really sticks with you. I can't put it sufficiently into words, but it has a large impact.
The book is a very unique and personal telling of the experiences his Father and his family had before and leading up to the holocaust. Putting this history into comic form makes the retelling even more visceral.
It's such an impactful book and one that I believe everyone should read in their lifetime. The symbolism that the comic medium provides really sticks with you. I can't put it sufficiently into words, but it has a large impact.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Child death, and Death
kengiedamali's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Suicide, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, and Misogyny
tabula_risa's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Genocide, Death, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Death of parent and Child death
bekkabergamot's review against another edition
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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!
<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!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, Genocide, Murder, and Death
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent