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dianna98 's review for:
Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I, My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
This is a hard book to rate. Did I enjoy it? Not at all. It's dark and depressing—but it happened, and it's an important topic to share. Do I think it has merit? Absolutely, and I would recommend it to mature teenagers or adults. The author frames the Holocaust horror story in the context of his aging father telling it to him for the purposes of the author making it into a comic book. Although the pull-outs to the later time were distracting to me at first, it was helpful in making the characters feel more real, especially to a younger person who didn't live through WWII, which I think is part of why this book is so incredibly effective.
The first volume was overwhelming for me, and I'm waiting to see if I can handle the second volume (in which I believe they go to Auschwitz). Not right now; I need a break.
Content (I'll probably miss a lot): disturbing events such as extreme racial discrimination, hanging, suicide, poison, killing children, having to hide, starvation, and of course the horrible events in Poland leading up to the Holocaust. On top of that, the modern-day sections have a good handful of swears, and one depicts a woman (not a mouse) unclothed in the bathtub during her suicide. I would absolutely let high school students read this, and mature middle schoolers. I would hesitate to give this to highly sensitive children, but I hope reading through this and other reviews will help parents make a good decision.
The first volume was overwhelming for me, and I'm waiting to see if I can handle the second volume (in which I believe they go to Auschwitz). Not right now; I need a break.
Content (I'll probably miss a lot): disturbing events such as extreme racial discrimination, hanging, suicide, poison, killing children, having to hide, starvation, and of course the horrible events in Poland leading up to the Holocaust. On top of that, the modern-day sections have a good handful of swears, and one depicts a woman (not a mouse) unclothed in the bathtub during her suicide. I would absolutely let high school students read this, and mature middle schoolers. I would hesitate to give this to highly sensitive children, but I hope reading through this and other reviews will help parents make a good decision.