Reviews tagging 'War'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

238 reviews

grp101's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Deals with the topics in Satrapi’s life in a manner that simultaneously coveys the severity and is easy to understand for a younger reader. A marvelous real story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Death, Racism, Addiction, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Rape

corrina_milito's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful window into how children experience political unrest and cultural upheaval. As someone who spent her childhood amidst The Troubles in Northern Ireland, I identified deeply with the confusion and anxiety incongruity Marjane experienced from her knee-high vantage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

megha_tron_14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

itsyourgalyazza's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Rape and Torture

tamzy6's review

dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

I love Satrapi's sense of humour and her stories are filled with dramatic ironies. I can't imagine what it's like to have lived through a modern war. I was telling my sis that reading stories like this makes me gain a better perspective of myself and my life. You know what, my life isn't all that bad 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

amisk23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Classism, Sexism, and Colonisation

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

asurasantosha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and War

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Death

charlma's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and War

akwake's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, and War