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A review by shadow_cat94
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
A brutally honest recount of a survivor's story through the holocaust with the masks of cats, mice, and dogs.
This book is quite charming in a variety of ways; the relationships depicted without much characterization, the use of animals for symbolism and to make the content more digestible, and the inclusion of keeping the speech in the father's imperfect English with his accent peeking through occassionally rather than the text being perfect all the way through.
This book is quite charming in a variety of ways; the relationships depicted without much characterization, the use of animals for symbolism and to make the content more digestible, and the inclusion of keeping the speech in the father's imperfect English with his accent peeking through occassionally rather than the text being perfect all the way through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcohol