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

74 reviews

tuesday_evening's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Police brutality, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Classism, Drug use, Rape, Misogyny, Police brutality, Torture, Sexism, Death, Suicide attempt, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War

joshuahc's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and War

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

ru_th's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: "Are my trousers long enough?” “Is my veil in place?” “Can my makeup be seen?” “Are they going to whip me?” No longer asks herself: “Where is my freedom of thought?” “Where is my freedom of speech?” “My life, is it liveable?” “What’s going on in the political prisons?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, War, and Xenophobia

percivilious's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, War, and Violence

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

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

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

4.0

As a title that has continued to be a subject of controversy, it is worth highlighting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s resources on Persepolis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Drug use, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Cursing, Alcohol, Confinement, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual harassment

This comic also deals with fundamentalism and imperialism, mention forced marriage.

intoblossom's review

challenging funny informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture and Death

Minor: Rape

al_nagle's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use

ma_nina's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A bit too fast paced for my liking, which meant I got confused at times. Amazing story though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Police brutality, Self harm, and Suicide attempt