Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

61 reviews

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

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

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

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

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

I have never read something that mixes humor and sadness as well as this had. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

this was so informative but so devastating. i cannot wait to read the next volume and further educate myself on some of the Iranian history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

lottiegasp's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

4.75

A beautiful graphic novel memoir about growing up in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. It depicts the political turmoil and war through the eyes of a (pre)-teenage girl, amongst her own personal struggles and family life. It does a great job at juxtaposing the mundane with the tragic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War

percivilious's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Classism

kayschwe's review against another edition

challenging informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

lynxpardinus's review

challenging emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Fatphobia, Rape, and Blood

readandfindout's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

Moderate: Self harm and Torture