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gainesvillebunko's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.0
buttercupita's review against another edition
5.0
The second half of Satrapi's childhood gets chronicled here, and again, it's eye opening. She tells the story of her family's decision to send her to Vienna as a teenager to escape the war and oppression in Iran, her eventual return and early marriage. Her memoir makes palpable the vulnerability of an adolescent living abroad and far from family. The reader feels the relief of the return to her family, but then we witness the difficulties of a now westernized woman living in Iran. Satrapi is around my age, which leads me to more deeply understand the very different realities women can live in depending on the accident of where they are born.
addehful's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
the_shut_in's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
seamus_malek's review against another edition
adventurous
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hopeful
inspiring
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reflective
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3.5
erikariehigano22's review against another edition
5.0
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis has wrenched my heart once again in the sequel of her first book. Satrapi brings us to her life abroad away from home in Vienna as she navigated puberty, adolescence, independence and adjusting to her new home.
Some of the panels really hit close to home for me. This book really divulges the migrant experience. I was older than Satrapi when I left home to a foreign country for a supposedly better life. Yet all the dialogue she presented in the book really resonated with me. Already early in the story I knew this book will hold a special place in my heart.
The realisations she had when she went home to Iran, and the psychological issues she endured on her conflict between her beliefs and conforming to the society at her home that only continues to strangle her. This book really made a profound effect to me as a migrant, it felt as if I saw myself in Satrapi. If only I was as courageous and strong as her.
Even with the bittersweet end that she accepted the cruel fact that her home was not the place for her to prosper, it did allowed her to find herself after being lost physically and mentally. And I think that's the most beautiful lesson in the book.
I highly recommend this graphic novel. I am now looking forward to purchasing my own copy of the series for my personal shelf soon.
Some of the panels really hit close to home for me. This book really divulges the migrant experience. I was older than Satrapi when I left home to a foreign country for a supposedly better life. Yet all the dialogue she presented in the book really resonated with me. Already early in the story I knew this book will hold a special place in my heart.
The realisations she had when she went home to Iran, and the psychological issues she endured on her conflict between her beliefs and conforming to the society at her home that only continues to strangle her. This book really made a profound effect to me as a migrant, it felt as if I saw myself in Satrapi. If only I was as courageous and strong as her.
Even with the bittersweet end that she accepted the cruel fact that her home was not the place for her to prosper, it did allowed her to find herself after being lost physically and mentally. And I think that's the most beautiful lesson in the book.
I highly recommend this graphic novel. I am now looking forward to purchasing my own copy of the series for my personal shelf soon.
dbrivera55's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt