Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History

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Summary: A fascinating tale about survivors of the Holocaust.
Review: Maus is a wonderful book told in a creative way about life for Jews in Nazi-controlled Poland. The book centers around Artie as he discovers the story of his father's survival of the Holocaust and of his life before the war. The story also involves the relationships between Artie and his father, Vladek and his relationships his first and second wife. Spiegelman's tale is told in an accurate and creative manner which reveals the actions and atrocities that occured during Hitler's reign. It is interesting and fascinating tale from start through finish.

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Summary: This book was historically accurate and entertaining.
Review: Maus is a grabbing tale of a family of mice who are living through the Holocaust. The story is narrated by the son of two of the survivors. There is also a romantic love story between Vladek and Anja that kept my attention. Their love is strong enough to withstand a war, death, and mental illness. Anja's life ends in tragedy and she commits suicide. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the ending. To me, it was unresolved. I couldn't figure out why Art blamed his father for his mother's death. The rest of the book was very entertaining, however, and follows history very closely.

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Summary: An Awesome true life account of a Holocaust survivor.
Review: Spiegelman's "Maus" is a great story about the life of a Holocaust survivor named Vladek. The book is written uniquely in that the text is written in comic strips. The Jewish victims are represented as mice and the Germans as cats. This book gives a good idea of how life was like in World War II. Overall the book was an interesting and provocative mind twister, which made you really reflect on the horror of the Holocaust.

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Summary: A rare look into the lives of Jews during the Halocaust
Review: MAUS is a moving tale of a comic book writer named Art, and his findings while his father, Vladek recalls his past expirences. Vladek was a Jew living in Poland, during the Nazi rule. His adventures lead him from underground hiding, to the dreaded concentration camps. This is a unique, comic book style, story about love, persaverence and faith. I truely felt Atr's pain in his illustration, using both word and pictures, of his mother's death. My only complaint about the book would be it's ubrupt ending.

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Summary: Riveting
Review: I thought that this book put a realistic touch on theHolocaust. By having a character throughout the novel who the peoplecould actually sympathize with, with his wife and his kids, I really got a feeling of what he went through. I believe that this was also a fun book to read given all of the different kinds of characters that they had. The Germans were the cats, the Jewish were the mice and the Polish were the Pigs. I thought that put kind of a fun twist throughout the novel. I also enjoyed the comic book format. I thought that it was ingenious.

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Summary: It gave a good idea of personal experiences during the war.
Review: The book was interesting & different since it was all written in a comic book format. I think it gave a good perspective of the events that one person went through during the war. I think it ended really abruptly & left the reader wondering what happened next. Like what happened to Vladek after the war was over? It gave a good comparison of the personalities between Vladek & his son Artie. Their personalities show the contrasts of some one from today & someone from the time of the war. Vladek was old fashioned & tried to get Artie to understand his views, but Artie was more modern & didn't think that he should act as if the war was still going on. All n' all it was a fast pace reading, because of the way it was written, and held my interest.

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Summary: I enjoyed this different way of recapping the Holocaust.
Review: I liked the book, Maus, because I enjoy learning about the Holocaust and that peticular time era. The form of the novel, the comic strips, kept me interested and provided a fast reading pace. This encouraged me to keep reading and keep my attention. With the pictures to illustrate, I was constantly intrigued. I thought that the way Speigleman presented the emotions and tragic hardships of the Jews was very accurate and done in a respectful manner. Along with being an entertaining book it as also very educaional. I learned many things about the Holocaut that I didn't know before. It was a wonderfully balenced book of informaton and education.

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Summary: A WONDERFUL WAY TO WRITE SUCH A POWERFUL BOOK!
Review: YOU MAY THINK THAT A COMIC BOOK IS ALL FUN AND GAME BUT MAUS GETS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING A BOOK.THE DETAIL IN THIS BOOK WITH THE PICTURES AND ONE ON ONE DISCUSSION HAVING VLADEK TELL HIS STORY REALLY HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND A SUBJECT THAT IS NOT EASY TO COMPREHEND.

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Summary: A view of an artistic book
Review: The book, Maus, is a portrayal of the struggle of the Jews during WWII. It literally illustrates the atrocities that the Jews must endure while they are under the murderous hands of the German Nazis. Like amny books that have already been written on the Holocaust, Maus focuses on the personal lives of the Jews,the untamed ferocity of the Nazis, and the implementation of the "Final Solution". This book can be read by anyone and it is very analitical. This is a great book.

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Summary: The underground comics aren't as sick as I thought they were
Review: I have seen a lot of strange and unusual comics from the underground and was not prepared for the realism and the factual basis of this particular document. I found that this showed the holocaust's beginnings as the Jewish people were led to believe they were doing what was best for them. The terror in their eyes is so infuencial to me that I am going out to rread the other book. I give this book five stars not only because I love comics, but I recognize the good work of a suffering people.