enjoying Maus

I do like to say that I'm really enjoying Maus' storytelling qualities. Most of the comic books I read are superhero comics and horror comics so this is definitely a change of pace for me. However the stories are similar in their abilities to draw in a reader. I'm not fond of most war stories/films. I have my favorites that stand out to me as excellent stories examples being "Plattoon" "Full Metal Jacket" "Inglourious Basterds" "The Dirty Dozen" and "Saving Private Ryan". Maus is up there being how engaging the characters are considering the events are very trite and overdone. I see myself focusing on the characters and their feelings then what's really going on, which to me is great storytelling. I'm investing my own emotions to fictional characters and riding the wave with them all the way through. I will more than likely finish the comic in the next day or so.