Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Ratings192
Average rating4.6
4.5 stars. I “liked” this more than the first. As much as one can like a book about such horrific history.
I love a quick read graphic and this was no different. Though I read this and the first slower than most. It is such a great telling into the real story of the Holocaust and the atrocities people had to survive.
I recommend this book for adults and youth alike. I'm going to read it with my 9-year-old and we are going to talk about the historical nature of the story and how these images and stories reflect real life events.
Burying our history and the damaging and dangerous things that happened will only lead us to repeat them. We must remember, see, discuss, and learn about them so we can avoid that.
the holocaust is being forgotten, erased, wiped from schools circulars lately and i think it needs to taught more now than ever. The holocaust is treated more like fiction than real life this past decade. People need to know what happened and to stop treating it as something so “simple” as just jewish people dying. People need to know the torture millions went through. Men, women, CHILDREN. Jewish people (and other races) went through hell. Pure torture. Jewish people are being erased as a race lately. People are denying that being jewish is a race. Did we not learn??
i hate this world ugh
Better than the first volume, but very difficult to quantify a book like this. So worth reading.
The Maus books really blew me away. Authentic, touching, and absorbing from beginning to end.
Two streams alternate back-and-forth throughout: Art's discussions in NYC with his increasingly demanding, quirky, aging father who's problems Art struggles to accept, and tales from his father's time enduring Nazi occupation in Poland and Germany.
Both streams are completely engrossing. The pacing and interplay are wonderful. Art and his father were both relatable, with their flaws and challenges laid remarkably bare and honestly explored.
Cette deuxième partie poursuit magistralement cette œuvre incroyablement riche. Je comprends désormais pourquoi les critiques sont si élogieuses sur cette bande dessinée. Le récit historique est évidemment à la fois horrible et captivant, et j'ai aussi beaucoup aimé comment l'auteur raconte dans sa bande dessinée le processus de création de l'œuvre elle-même. Une très belle réussite, mémorable.
The continuation of the story from Maus I. Just as powerful and just as moving. It's so unbelievable what happened to the Jews during WWII.
Cried harder. Also, I appreciated Spiegelman's meta moments; commenting on the writing of the story as he was writing it. Can't wait to read the actual Meta Maus.