Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Perzepolis by Marjane Satrapi

34 reviews

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

aalayah's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Blood

pjwanders's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, War

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

percocrates's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Classism

readandfindout's review against another edition

4.25

reflective medium-paced

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Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, War

Moderate: Self harm, Torture

garynoplastie's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy

aubslynn's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

ilsota_77's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Torture, War

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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I had previously read part 1 of Persepolis but hadn't gotten around to reading the second part, so I was happy to read the complete collection all together. I feel like Satrapi accomplishes a great deal in this graphic memoir--it's a coming-of-age story, a country's modern history, an exploration of religious tradition and a desire for individuality. I think I could have benefited from knowing a bit more about the Islamic Revolution in Iran ahead of time because I struggled a bit to keep up with the political goings-on, but I think she did as good a job as she could have of condensing such complex issues into images with little text. Her style is so recognizable and works well with the narrative she's telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Torture, Police brutality, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, Pregnancy, Abandonment