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

32 reviews

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

So heartbreaking but very punk rock 5🤘

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Confinement, Hate crime, War, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexism, Medical trauma, Murder, Genocide, Classism, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Gaslighting, Grief, and Mental illness

jialianyang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

What a gorgeous graphic novel! Marjane writes and illustrates with honesty, humor and wit to convey her singular experience of her childhood in Iran and Austria, experiencing war and revolution, personal and communal rebellions, fundamentalism and political struggles and more. The graphic novel unfolds in a way that is at once attuned to daily life and Marjane's emotional world, as well as the larger global circumstances that inform her experiences. It is an epic of personal growth and the evolution of a country and a society, connected by a passion for family, home, Iran, friendship, justice and self expression. I felt parented by the meaning making efforts in this journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Blood, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Cursing, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Death, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Police brutality, Violence, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual violence

maddie_is_literate's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Torture, Death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual violence

soupply's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, War, Death, Sexism, Police brutality, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Drug use

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

keeganrb's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

osmosees's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

kayschwe's review against another edition

challenging informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Death of parent, War, Classism, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

biancafrancisco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Persepolis is the memoir of Marjane Satrapi growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran in graphic novel form.
 
She depicts the cultural and political evolution, the change in regime, the political prisioners, the war. It was strange but very real to see the depiction of normal every day life and concerns of a young girl and her family even with all of this has the background. Funny and light moments intercepted with gut wrenching scenes,

such as the death or imprisonment of close friends or family.

Sometimes it felt silly (in a good way) and sometimes I had to put it down from how hard it hit. 

Satrapi's relationship with her family was heart-warming to see. The freedom of thought and rebellion she inherited from them that made it so dangerous under the circumstances, the incredibly supportive woman in her family and the love her parents had for her.

The fact that they would risk themselves just to get her posters of her favorite artists without folding them (it actually hurt when she thanked her father first when in fact it was her mother's idea, that's a whole different talk though).

"Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying." As a previous emigrant with family still abroad, this one HURT. 

I learned a lot and I felt a lot, I'm looking forward to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Violence and Sexual violence