Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

13 reviews

megha_tron_14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

lilreddress's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Bullying, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, and Suicide

ms_smith's review against another edition

5.0

A legérdekesebb könyv amit idén olvastam. A Jókönyvek.hu-n volt leárazva és úgy voltam vele, hogy mivel már amúgy is egy jó ideje el szerettem volna olvasni, akkor miért is ne jött volna el most ez a pillanat. 
Formailag és szerkezetileg is különleges könyv, nem a megszokott és ez nálam nagyot dobott rajta. Az írónő stílusa nagyon nyitott, őszinte, esetenként humoros is. Sokszor a helyébe tudtam képzelni magam.
Elképesztő, hogy Európában mennyire nem tudunk semmit a Közel-Keletről, csak azt amivel a nyugati média beeteti az embereket, hogy addig se azzal törődjünk, hogy hogyan szítanak mindenfelé háborúkat, illetve hogy főleg csak a kőolaj miatt fontos nekik az a térség.
Mardzsi helyzetét sokszor át tudtam érezni, és sajnáltam is amikor az Ausztriában történt dolgokról esett szó. Az jutott eszembe, hogy én szintén hasonló identitás válsággal nézek szembe vajdaságiként még a mai napig is sajnos, mert Magyarországon mindig szerb voltam, Szerbiában meg magyar, holott egyik se szerettem volna/szeretnék lenni, hanem egyszerűen csak ember.
Nagyon jó könyv, többeknek kéne olvasni!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

neyomi_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

A very eye opening and honest novel of life in Iran in the late 20th century. Being half-Turkish myself, the idea of belonging and identity really struck me and I found myself identifying with some interpersonal aspects of MarJane. A very bleak novel yet you felt like you were learning as she was, about life and relationships and politics. I really liked it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Rape, and Suicide

aalayah's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Drug abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, War, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Self harm, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Sexism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Bullying, and Body shaming

pixieeeee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Xenophobia, Torture, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

amy_reading_23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

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

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

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.