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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
I may be in the minority, but I liked this installment more than the first one. The first book gives good exposition about both Satrapi's childhood and the governmental conflict growing in Iran, and lays the foundation for Satrapi's choice to leave her homeland. In the second book, she bluntly and bravely exposes her mistakes and failures in her life, and juxtaposes those with the strengths and wisdom she gains as an adult. Satrapi does a wonderful job of threading her compelling personal narrative into the overarching story of Tehran's political turbulence of the time. The reader may hold conflicting feelings for the story's imperfect hero - although I was at times frustrated with some of the decisions she made, (maybe she struck a nerve?) she comes off as wholly human and honest. Ultimately, I grew to admire her sense of independence and rebellion in a time and place where a woman such as she could perhaps not live to tell the tale.
I loved both Persepolis graphic novels. However, this was felt more personal and was harder to read. The first one was definately sad and captivating seeing how Iran was changing from the Islamic Revolution [Iran-Iraq War]. This though, it was hard to see how she was struggling with indenity in Austria. Then, when she went back to Iran it was hard for her to adjust to freedom being taken away. The ending was probably the best thing for her. This was very eye opening, and I will think about this for a long time.
medium-paced
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
didn't like it as much as the first one, but it was still an amazing story.
Satrapi's memoir of her time as a teenager sent to Austria to escape the fundamentalism and war with Iraq in 1984 through her return home after graduation and eventual second escape from Iran. The simple bold black and white art does a good job of conveying the author/artists feelings as she tries to find her place in the world, feeling too Persian while in Europe and too Western in Iran while also navigating all of the changes of your teenage years away from family and everything familiar, as well as her early twenties under the fundamentalist regime in Iran. This book does a great job of demonstrating the incompatibility of the Islamic and Persian cultures and the damage that the fundamentalist regime did to Iran, it's people, its standing in the world, and the author's frustrations with it and it's contradictions.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
I loved the first one, but this one fell flat for me.
After Persepolis #1, I was expecting something thought-provoking and heart-wrenching from this second novel as well. Instead, #2 breezes through many potentially-shocking events and I was left feeling a bit mmmmmmeeeeh
After Persepolis #1, I was expecting something thought-provoking and heart-wrenching from this second novel as well. Instead, #2 breezes through many potentially-shocking events and I was left feeling a bit mmmmmmeeeeh