Reviews tagging 'Death'

Persepolis 1: Eine Kindheit im Iran by Marjane Satrapi

197 reviews

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

intoblossom's review against another edition

challenging funny informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death and Torture

Minor: Rape

punt11's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Alcohol

smallestcat's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

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

ma_nina's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A bit too fast paced for my liking, which meant I got confused at times. Amazing story though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ladyfrecklles's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

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

vaniavela's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Persepolis, a series of autobiographical comics by Marjane Satrapi, narrates her childhood and adulthood in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. 

This graphic novel is an example of the difficulties and processes that Iranians have had to go through. I enjoyed reading her reflection on being a woman in these times and the family relationships within it. I must admit that I have very little knowledge of Iranian history and it was exciting to learn through this.

Without a doubt, this is an outstanding book. I enjoyed it.

CW: Graphic [Death, Violence, War] Moderate [Torture, Suicide attempt, Drug use] Minor [Rape, Homophobia]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

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, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism