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The Complete Maus, by Art Spiegelman

16 reviews

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

xwritingstoriesx's review

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Trafficking, Violence, War, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Death, Grief, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Moderate: Child death

authorannafaundez's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, and War

tjjerome's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Torture, Slavery, Rape, Murder, Racism, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Antisemitism

spooderman's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, Death, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Animal death, Slavery, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death of parent, Deportation, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Medical trauma, Dementia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

rebel_rocketman's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Genocide, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death of parent, and Antisemitism

mark70's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Slavery, Antisemitism, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Death

canderizzo's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Death of parent, Genocide, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, and Child death

eve_ross_artist's review

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Spoiler

These two books were amazing. You can really see that Art Spiegelman put hours upon hours of thought into portraying his father’s story and it just makes the story conveyed so much more powerful. Amazing books, definitely recommend (these are a bit graphic, especially in Maus II, so I wouldn’t recommend for younger people. These books were assigned to me for school in my third year of high school.) Very well written and drawn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, Murder, Racial slurs, Injury/injury detail, Genocide, Antisemitism, Violence, Torture, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying

arlangrey17's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Genocide, Hate crime, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, and Slavery