Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Maus by Art Spiegelman

84 reviews

haseki_sultana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Confinement, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, War, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, and Grief

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Murder, Death, Genocide, Suicide, War, and Confinement

Moderate: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child death, Violence, War, Death, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide

m4rtt4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow. I'm speechless. I'd wanted to read this for so long, and it exceeded every expectation I had. Such a raw story. Very emotional and thought-provoking. I don't understand how and why this has been banned in some places – in no way could this book ever promote n*zism in a good way. Everyone should read this; massive content warnings for everything related to the Holocaust and WW2 though. Still, very important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, War, Excrement, and Genocide

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Trafficking, Violence, War, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Death, Grief, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Child death

jaaay_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I can't believe this book is being banned in some places. I heard of that but then saw this in a small local bookstore and I knew I had to buy it. I love how this showed in detail what it was like to live as a Jewish person during WWII in Poland. Vladek was lucky in many ways but also very resourceful. I also enjoyed how you can see it affected Art himself who was born after the war and Art and Vladek's relationship. Vladek gets a lot of characterization in this and I enjoyed that. Making this into a graphic novel was great. Seeing some of the atrocities shown was hard to see but this is a hard topic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Child death, and Violence

clawrence345's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

A very personal take on a well known dark time. Reading the recollections of Spiegleman’s father gave a new take on what living as a Jewish person during the holocaust was like. Adding in the drawings, it reminds us that these were people living normal lives and then trying to return to some form of safety/normalcy during everything. Even if you feel like you have a decent grasp on what life was like I feel like this is a good read since it reminds you that these were people and like Spiegleman’s father, they aren’t and were never perfect they just wanted to survive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, War, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

spooderman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, Death, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Animal death, Slavery, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death of parent, Deportation, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Medical trauma, Dementia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

mpurdy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Gun violence, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death

an_everyday_penguin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Violence, Antisemitism, Death, Suicide, Murder, and Physical abuse