Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Complete Maus, by Art Spiegelman

9 reviews

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

morrisimo's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Wow. A harrowing and brutal depiction of the Holocaust told through stories from father to son. I think the juxtaposition of time works very well, and the examination of Art and Vladek's relationship speaks to the impact of the Holocaust on the next generation. I liked how reflexivity was used to examine the implications of writing the book. I also liked the use of different animals to represent different ethnicities, especially the cats and mice as Germans and Jews. The way the story is told is extremely personal, despite the de-personification. We experience both the Holocaust and the father-son relationship on such an intimate level, which makes them all the more powerful. It's a difficult and upsetting read, but it's phenomenal in its execution. I strongly recommend this book, and even though I'm not huge on comics or graphic novels I want to read more of the author's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Death, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Amazing book, a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, War, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Dementia, and Gore

This is a book about the holocaust. Even though the drawings are cartoonish and nothing too explicit is drawn, it is still full of possibly triggering elements.

innastholiel's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Child death, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Genocide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

tinymatriarch's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Murder, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs

nickshutter's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Dementia, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Excrement

klavin_lovell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Dementia, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident and Toxic relationship

oideun's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

First (only?) comic to win a Pulitzer award, it tells the story of a comic artist's father's harrowing experience of the holocaust, and how being rised by parents with such a traumatic past left the artist with deep scars of his own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence