Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

7 reviews

irinalast's review

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, War

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

emileesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Sexual violence

npr's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, War

jessthanthree's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Racism

aus10england's review against another edition

2.5

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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Uff, this was a real slog to get through. I really admire the author’s courage to tell her story and everything she has been through, but I don’t think it was accomplished well in graphic novel format. I had a card time connecting to the story, which may just be because I can’t relate to what the author has gone through. Just felt like more of a slog to get through than anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Racism

candycain's review

3.5

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence