Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

178 reviews

corrina_milito's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful window into how children experience political unrest and cultural upheaval. As someone who spent her childhood amidst The Troubles in Northern Ireland, I identified deeply with the confusion and anxiety incongruity Marjane experienced from her knee-high vantage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

megha_tron_14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

tamzy6's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

I love Satrapi's sense of humour and her stories are filled with dramatic ironies. I can't imagine what it's like to have lived through a modern war. I was telling my sis that reading stories like this makes me gain a better perspective of myself and my life. You know what, my life isn't all that bad 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Classism, Sexism, and Colonisation

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

amschelly153's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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

lilreddress's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Bullying, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, and Suicide

verysillygoose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Xenophobia

kooky_kayla's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

chaoticbeing's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

briparker195's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexual violence, Child death, Sexism, and Violence