Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

9 reviews

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

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Sexism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Classism

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

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

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This is Marjane Satrapi’s story of growing up in Iran during the war between Iran and Iraq. It is heartbreaking and informative and I think everybody should read it. 

It is important to learn about different cultures and histories and this exemplifies that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death

ryraeriv's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Grief, Classism

camreads22's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, War

Minor: Rape

cozy_academic's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Persepolis is a powerful read. As someone unfamiliar with the landscape of Iran, some of the town and city names were a little challenging to keep track of, but that doesn't take away from the impact of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, War

amykenney's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Rape, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

oliverreeds's review

5.0

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

thesaltiestlibrarian's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence