Reviews tagging Hate crime

The Complete Maus, by Art Spiegelman

66 reviews

tinyjude's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An extremely difficult but essential read. Everyone should pick up this graphic novel at least once in their lives. Instead of those diluted tales and fiction written by people who want to profit from the pain of survivors but have no connection, respect and/or knowledge about the topic, this book presents us with the perspective of a Polish Jewish couple and their families, making it a fundamental piece of art and history.

The story is a recollection of the horrors, sorrows and hopes of an Holocaust survivor many years after the events. The novel is devised by his son, with whom he has a complicated relationship over the years. Therefore, the topics and their depiction are brutally honest and fundamental in the study and general knowledge of this moment in history. The objective is not to like the characters, but understand what they have been through and put it out in the world so their stories are finally told and not forgotten.

Although it is extremely unfortunate that he was not able to use his mother's diaries and see her perspective as a Jewish woman and a survivor, the story is nonetheless crucial. I hope to read more about the topic from Jewish people (or any of the other minorities affected and decimated by the Nazis) and especially, about the experiencies, thoughts and after effects of those women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Child death, Death, Antisemitism, War, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexism, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Genocide, and Death of parent

odetojersey's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Racism, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Confinement, Hate crime, Death, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Cursing and Medical content

toriauricht's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

anaguana's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Genocide, Deportation, Antisemitism, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, and Cancer

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

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

walskishere's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

I don't feel comfortable rating this, but I did want to make a "review" to say I enjoyed this. I read both parts in a single day. I liked the present-day-to-flashback thing that was going on. I think adding in how Mr.  Spiegelman is in the present caused reflection on how the Holocaust experiences affect the survivors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Genocide, Torture, Confinement, Injury/injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Grief, and Deportation

Moderate: Excrement, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness

m4rtt4's review

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

junheechuu's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Child death, Death, Deportation, War, and Hate crime

Moderate: Grief, Violence, and Torture