Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

45 reviews

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

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

I had previously read part 1 of Persepolis but hadn't gotten around to reading the second part, so I was happy to read the complete collection all together. I feel like Satrapi accomplishes a great deal in this graphic memoir--it's a coming-of-age story, a country's modern history, an exploration of religious tradition and a desire for individuality. I think I could have benefited from knowing a bit more about the Islamic Revolution in Iran ahead of time because I struggled a bit to keep up with the political goings-on, but I think she did as good a job as she could have of condensing such complex issues into images with little text. Her style is so recognizable and works well with the narrative she's telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content

anonymous_k's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.25

Great graphic novel! It was extremely heavy… which made the book a slow read. On top of that, this was the complete Persepolis so it was longer too. I gave it a 4.25 star rating only because it was long, heavy, and dark… it was definitely depressing. However, it was a reality, and it was perfectly written and illustrated. So, no complaints for me, it was just a lot which made the reading difficult for me… a person with depression and anxiety.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death

quirkko24's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Islamophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Child death, and Cursing

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment, Racism, and Homophobia

cammiem8's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The man at the comic book shop who sold the book to me described it as “radical daria.” I’d say that sums it up pretty well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racism, Police brutality, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

shaunaxx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

candycain's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

carissa230's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

 Marjane Satrapi was raised in war torn Iran. The graphic novel is both educating and entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use and Rape