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lorenag5's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, War, Suicide, Torture, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, Deportation, Hate crime, and Medical content
annabeth_jackson's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, War, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racism
torismazarine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Self harm, and Police brutality
Moderate: Deportation
Minor: Vomit, Excrement, and Terminal illness
daisyandherbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, War, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Suicide, Antisemitism, Genocide, Torture, Deportation, and Child death
ezra_tm's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Death, Torture, Gun violence, Self harm, and Racism
Moderate: Blood
oceanwriter's review against another edition
5.0
Comic writer and illustrator Art Spiegel tells his father's WWII survival story in a series of two books (combined into one edition in this printing). Though not illustrations of humans, the imagery of the concentration camps (and what Jewish people went through in general) is as grim as you'd expect them to be. This isn't a watered-down narration that tried to spare the reader from the horrors. It's a raw and honest account.
The book is told brilliantly going back and forth between Art's conversations with his father as he relayed his story to that story unfolding on the pages. There are some abrupt starts and finished here and there, but it added to the tone of the book. There is still so much we don't know about what happened during the Holocaust that we may never learn.
In addition to being a book about the Holocaust (namely in Poland), it's also a book about the relationship between a father and son. Intergenerational trauma is a fascinating psychological phenomenon. This has often been seen among children with parents who have had traumatic experiences before their children were born. This along with the natural generational gap between parents and children makes up a lot of the subtext in Art and Vladek's story.
Perhaps it's needless to say that this book is going to stay with me for a long time. It's right up there with The Diary of a Young Girl and The Boy on the Wooden Box. The stories of these victims must be kept alive.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Racism, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Gun violence, Excrement, Confinement, and War
Moderate: Animal death
salemwasinyouryard's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Murder, Police brutality, War, and Torture
sknappy1's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Confinement, Death, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, War, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Torture
hannahjane451's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Suicide
tollbooth's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Suicide, War, Violence, and Child death