Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

12 reviews

neeeek's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Confinement, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Genocide, Deportation, War, Torture, Antisemitism, and Police brutality

annabeth_jackson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, War, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racism

ladyzbyrd's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a well-written graphic creative nonfiction memoir and a reasonably quick read. The material comes straight from a very dark history of the Holocaust. 

While the history is heartbreaking and the material is incredibly dark, this was a book I enjoyed. It’s quite the oxymoron, but I can’t explain it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Excrement, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

saviross's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I appreciated learning about Vladek's experiences, as well as his relationship with Art and Art's time collecting these stories. Important history to know - past and ongoing history. A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Slavery, Violence, Antisemitism, Death, War, Confinement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Torture

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

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

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

callmeneeks's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

josieruby1's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, War, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Racism, Violence, Child death, and Death

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