charliewarliee's review
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Grief, Hate crime, Abandonment, War, Animal death, Confinement, Deportation, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, and Torture
oceanwriter's review
5.0
Comic writer and illustrator Art Spiegel tells his father's WWII survival story in a series of two books (combined into one edition in this printing). Though not illustrations of humans, the imagery of the concentration camps (and what Jewish people went through in general) is as grim as you'd expect them to be. This isn't a watered-down narration that tried to spare the reader from the horrors. It's a raw and honest account.
The book is told brilliantly going back and forth between Art's conversations with his father as he relayed his story to that story unfolding on the pages. There are some abrupt starts and finished here and there, but it added to the tone of the book. There is still so much we don't know about what happened during the Holocaust that we may never learn.
In addition to being a book about the Holocaust (namely in Poland), it's also a book about the relationship between a father and son. Intergenerational trauma is a fascinating psychological phenomenon. This has often been seen among children with parents who have had traumatic experiences before their children were born. This along with the natural generational gap between parents and children makes up a lot of the subtext in Art and Vladek's story.
Perhaps it's needless to say that this book is going to stay with me for a long time. It's right up there with The Diary of a Young Girl and The Boy on the Wooden Box. The stories of these victims must be kept alive.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Racism, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Gun violence, Excrement, Confinement, and War
Moderate: Animal death
neens_library's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, War, Genocide, and Animal death
spooderman's review
5.0
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
nouveau's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, War, Violence, Racism, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Child death
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Excrement, Car accident, and Alcohol
akemianko's review
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Genocide, and Animal death
pandemonicbaby's review against another edition
5.0
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.leilorenzo's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Antisemitism
Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, and Antisemitism
thebookishbunny's review
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Animal death, Antisemitism, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide
callmeneeks's review
Graphic: Genocide, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Child death, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty