Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

86 reviews

jessielikeslemons's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, War, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Torture

nitya's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Read for MLIS elective

The last page destroyed me FUCK 😩😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Police brutality, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Alcohol

readingpicnic's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Islamophobia and Sexual harassment

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

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Drug use, Death, Homophobia, War, Violence, Sexism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Confinement

sigynmoon's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and War

Moderate: Torture and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

aubslynn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Hate crime, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

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

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative tense medium-paced

5.0

Americans should read this in school. I had no idea about so much recent history covered in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Torture, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Terminal illness, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

Content is focused on the details of growing up during the Islamic Revolution and the ensuing war between Iran and Iraq. Images show confinement, torture, and death, but avoid outright gore.

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is a memoir told in graphic novel format of a child growing up during the Iran Revolution. It is a story of death, loss, joy, family and love. I appreciated how simple it was to understand the history behind what was going on since it is told by a child. Albeit, the weight and emotional trauma of the events is not lost. This was very informative and I'm looking forward to reading the second volume.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: War