Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

10 reviews

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

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

m3lwar3's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, War

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder

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

deadal_dumb's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia

maggs_booked's review against another edition

5.0

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Xenophobia, Islamophobia

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

reginahafner_'s review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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i’m #sad 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Xenophobia, War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture

lyxenistired's review against another edition

4.25

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence, War