Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

14 reviews

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

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.

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

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

tree_branch's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

1348kamar's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, War

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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this was so informative but so devastating. i cannot wait to read the next volume and further educate myself on some of the Iranian history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism

kayschwe's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Classism

johannastjohn29's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Death of parent