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Maus by Art Spiegelman

callie_loves_to_read's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad tense

4.5

lovelyday2day's review against another edition

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Brilliant.

namrata_jain's review against another edition

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5.0

I really like the undertones in the book. The difficult yet loving father-son relationship, anja's loss that neither Vladek nor Art ever got over, the brutality and inhumane realities of holocaust. Also, the graphics were really gripping and concise.

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

gothiclibrarian's review against another edition

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This graphic novel was in the young readers section of my library and I’m not sure how I feel about that. I don’t know if it was placed their automatically because it is a graphic novel, and while the reading level would not be difficult for younger readers, but the subject matter may be too much for them. This book would definitely fall under the heading of parents being aware of what their children are reading.

I am not normally a graphic novel reader; the intensity of so much black on white hurts my eyes after awhile. That being said, I loved Maus and I am so glad that I found the edition that contains both volumes.
I found it fascinating that the different races were drawn as different animals. There is a lot that one can symbolically infer from cats representing Nazis and mice representing Jews. Replacing people would animals made the graphic novel more accessible and the harder scenes more bearable.

There is an interesting dynamic of not only the father/son relationship in Maus but also the dynamic between husbands and wives. One of the things that I really liked was that Art wanted to make sure that his father did not come off as a stereotype and that he had a strong relationship with his stepmother and cared about the success of her marriage to his father.

In volume II, I thought that an interesting point was made that the stories of those killed in the camps are never told. While that may seem like an obvious observation, it’s very deep. Though I could easily understand Art’s frustrations with his father, particularly at the hypocrisy of his father’s racism, I thought that the ending he chose for his father’s story was lovely and satisfying.

shitholden's review against another edition

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5.0

Creo que cualquier intento de calificar lo grande que es esta obra se quedará corto. Indispensable y maravilloso, solo me arrepiento de no haberme atrevido a leerlo antes.

Solo una pequeña reflexión, me encanta como cada pequeña decisión que toma Vladek, es la diferencia entre haber muerto y seguir viviendo. Esconderse un día más, confiar en esta persona o no, coger cierto camino y otro. En casa decision, vemos otro personaje que elige lo contrario y acaba muriendo.

Relaciono esto con lo que Art habla con su psicologo:

"Entonces te parece admirable sobrevivir. ¿Te parece que NO es admirable NO sobrevivir? [...] La vida siempre elige el lado de la vida, y se culpa a las víctimas. Pero no sobrevivieron los MEJORES, ni murieron los mejores. ¡Fue el azar!"

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25


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efimerabonhomia's review against another edition

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4.0

Maus es una novela gráfica que con sumo cuidado y a través de una historia personal del padre del autor, narra el holocausto a través de la experiencia de un judío polaco y cómo vivió en el campo de Auschwitz. Va intercalando el presente con el pasado y conoces la historia desde los dos lados del tiempo.

¿Cuántas veces te habrán recomendado leer Maus? Pues sí, merece la pena, no sólo por la historia y las barbaridades que cometían los nazis, y más narrados en primera persona desde la memoria de una víctima que sobrevivió. Merece la pena por esa relación padre e hijo, por esos estereotipos judíos, por ver con claridad un campo como realmente era. Siempre nos ilustran las duchas y las maneras de matar, pero nunca el día a día, y en este libro lo tenéis, cómo luchaban por un plato de sopa o pan, cómo se trapicheaba...

Lo mejor es que tratan el sufrimiento como lo que es, sufrimiento, y en ningún momento lo romantizan. Quizás haya personas obsesionadas con el holocausto que ya hayan leído millones de novelas y esta le parezca un chiste, pero creo que de todas a las que me he acercado, a pesar de representarlo con animales, es la más real de todas.

Maus hay que leerlo, no hay más.

"Tienes más apego a las cosas que a la gente."

4/5

dominicwong's review against another edition

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dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0