Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

112 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

marionet's review against another edition

4.5

challenging funny informative reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Murder, Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Xenophobia, Grief

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

4.25

reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War

Moderate: Torture

witcheep's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Rape

barbie_fett's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Medical content

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.

nickolai182's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, War

ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative sad slow-paced

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An interesting and often difficult look at growing up in Iran. It definitely helped me understand so much more of the cultural and political complexity of the country while also creating an emotional connection by showing an individual’s experience of that place and time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Torture, Grief, War

For the trigger warnings, most of these do not happen to the author directly, but to neighbors, family, and friends. There are not graphic pictures, but the family does discuss these things happening with some detail

edey_books's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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Beautiful insight into the perspective of a child in war torn Iran. Heavy and emotional, but also beautiful with moments of comic relief from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Grief, War