Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

15 reviews

lovereading247's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, War, Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

tashtasher's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Alcohol

galexy_glimmer's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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This book made me very uncomfortable in a million ways but all of them were probably good for my personal growth and understanding. Still, didn't have to like it. I'll probably read the second volume to be a completionist but that doesn't mean I'll enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, War

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, Classism

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Sexism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

amschelly153's review against another edition

5.0

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Vulnerable. Heart breaking. Real. It feels like it invites the reader in to what should be a lovely, fun childhood that has been taken away by war, political decisions, and shines a light on how the globe affected an area that was running fine by itself before others stepped in.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

chaoticbeing's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Really what kickstarted my fascination and love of graphic memoirs. I read it on repeat to the point that I had pages memorized.
Book #1 is much stronger than Book #2, but both are equally important in sharing the author’s life story. #2 is much slower than #1 pace-wise, and feels much less eventful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

5.0

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This is Marjane Satrapi’s story of growing up in Iran during the war between Iran and Iraq. It is heartbreaking and informative and I think everybody should read it. 

It is important to learn about different cultures and histories and this exemplifies that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death

ryraeriv's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Grief, Classism

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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I love the art. The simple, black and white depictions of such horrific events, really brings it down to the perspective of a child being reared in a politically unstable environment. 

Endearing and deeply distressing. A powerful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, War

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Classism