Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

29 reviews

sarawindrider's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Torture

Minor: Sexual assault

rebecca_mdx's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

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

anna_pearl's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

This is a graphic memoir, so the content in this book is not detailed in text but instead may be depicted in the panels or indicated through conversation between characters.

colleen_roma's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

richy_qu33r_readzz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Eye-opening and heart-wrenching. Shows how a country fell to religious fundamentalism through the eyes of a child and how demonstrations and revolutions can get co-opted by foreign colonialists or religious fanatics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, War

Moderate: Sexual assault, 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

smoldragon22's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, Violence, War

Minor: Sexual assault

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, War

Minor: Sexual assault

te_ss_i's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, War