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

75 reviews

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

vaniavela's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Persepolis, a series of autobiographical comics by Marjane Satrapi, narrates her childhood and adulthood in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. 

This graphic novel is an example of the difficulties and processes that Iranians have had to go through. I enjoyed reading her reflection on being a woman in these times and the family relationships within it. I must admit that I have very little knowledge of Iranian history and it was exciting to learn through this.

Without a doubt, this is an outstanding book. I enjoyed it.

CW: Graphic [Death, Violence, War] Moderate [Torture, Suicide attempt, Drug use] Minor [Rape, Homophobia]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

It's books like this that make it evermore apparent that an American "education" is incomplete at best. I didn't know 95% of the events Satrapi described, yet she presented her story in great detail, but in a way that was easy to follow and understand. She is a wonderful storyteller and provides rich details. And her artwork is both simple and evocative. I really enjoyed this graphic novel collection!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

garynoplastie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, and Child death

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

emma_fukar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Torture, and Racism

Minor: Racism

theasbookworld's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Drug use, Violence, War, Confinement, Death, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Classism, and Sexism

lindsaygray21's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Drug use

eena's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Death, and Blood

lashette's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

My first graphic memoir. Read for The Realm of Comics book club. I learned a lot about the Iranian or Islamic Revolution from the pov of a young Iranian girl. It's a coming of age of sorts. There's humor, joy, faith and family in this. Alongside the death, uncertainty, mysoginy, homelessness, drugs and racism. Ultimately this is a normal girl's life. And I appreciate that.

I think it was very text heavy, which in not used to in this format. And it was slow in some parts. But overall good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Islamophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: War, Violence, Drug use, and Sexual content

anna978's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Homophobia