Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

4.3 AVERAGE

ariellet4's review

4.0
4/5 ⭐️

i read this for my final college paper but it was actually very interesting
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motel's review

5.0
an amazing graphic novel about being forced to grow up too fast and childhood. one of my favorites that will always be close to my heart

tinaclookin2025's review

5.0
dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

zarsahra's review

5.0
adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
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hannah_reads_sometimes's review

4.25
challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced
This was a unique reading experience for me, I’m not really a graphic novel reader, but this one seemed really good, a memoir-plus type novel. More than just a memoir, this discusses quite a bit of Iran’s history (the Islamic revolution and the war with Iraq). For sure a recommend! 

shoke's review

3.75
emotional sad tense fast-paced

hectorreads's review

5.0
adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced
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vikkireads's review

5.0
Everyone PLEASE read this it’s so important. Wow. A fantastic and easy to understand depiction of a part of history not taught in our schools.
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choklit_froggie's review

4.0
emotional informative reflective fast-paced

tattyrobins's review

5.0
I had never read a comic novel before but now I'm hooked!