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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I have a love/hate relationship with graphic novels in general but I'm a huge fan of the graphic memoir.
What I Liked:
The art. The style is simple and it evokes a realistic image. The coloring is only in black and white, which worked to emphasize the balance between the images and the main story. I felt that Satrapi's images impacted the story and emphasized the message of discovering your identity as a young women.
The message. The novel deals with identity as a women and also explores living in Iran as a women. It conveys issues of gender and politics in a way that helps the reader understand everything.
The writing. Compared to the other graphic memoir I read for my Women and Literature course this one was written extremely well and I flew through the novel.
I recommend checking out this graphic memoir is a informative and eye-opening read.
What I Liked:
The art. The style is simple and it evokes a realistic image. The coloring is only in black and white, which worked to emphasize the balance between the images and the main story. I felt that Satrapi's images impacted the story and emphasized the message of discovering your identity as a young women.
The message. The novel deals with identity as a women and also explores living in Iran as a women. It conveys issues of gender and politics in a way that helps the reader understand everything.
The writing. Compared to the other graphic memoir I read for my Women and Literature course this one was written extremely well and I flew through the novel.
I recommend checking out this graphic memoir is a informative and eye-opening read.
This is a story that people need to hear. Marjane was a normal teenager going through extraordinary circumstances that war and extremism forced her to face. She is amazing. Her whole family is amazing. You're left wondering what is the right thing to do to help without making things worse for people. Wherever there is oil, you can find greedy, western meddling. Extremism is terrifying and does not represent the people just as the Trump regime does not represent me. I want the world to know I would never condone some of the things my country is doing, but I have never known what it is to be trapped like this. Not yet.
Best quote:
"The worst is that the intervention in Kuwait is done in the name of human rights!!! Which rights? Which humans?"
Best quote:
"The worst is that the intervention in Kuwait is done in the name of human rights!!! Which rights? Which humans?"
Just as gorgeous as the first Persepolis, highly highly recommended!
I really enjoyed this follow-up to [a:Marjane Satrapi|6238|Marjane Satrapi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1303646506p2/6238.jpg]'s [b:Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood|395021|Persepolis The Story of a Childhood|Marjane Satrapi|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1399559142s/395021.jpg|3303888]. She has led an interesting life. I couldn't understand at all the portion of her life where she became a drug dealer for her friends, but this didn't give me a negative impression of her or her life.
While I'm not sure that we would be friends - she was VERY outspoken. I was rather surprised she wasn't ever arrested! (or should I say, "I'm very glad she survived her life in Iran"?) - I did enjoy reading her stories. And I'm glad she was able to return to her family in Iran before deciding that life abroad was best for her after all.
Also, I should mention that once again, the art being black and white didn't stand out to me at all. I didn't miss the lack of color, in other words. The images were always clear as to what was going on.
All in all, I am really glad I read both Marjane's Story of a Childhood and Story of a Return. It was interesting learning about what was going on in Iran during my growing-up and early college years. (Marjane was five when I was born. These two memoirs covered her life from the age of 10, I think, to 25.)
While I'm not sure that we would be friends - she was VERY outspoken. I was rather surprised she wasn't ever arrested! (or should I say, "I'm very glad she survived her life in Iran"?) - I did enjoy reading her stories. And I'm glad she was able to return to her family in Iran before deciding that life abroad was best for her after all.
Also, I should mention that once again, the art being black and white didn't stand out to me at all. I didn't miss the lack of color, in other words. The images were always clear as to what was going on.
All in all, I am really glad I read both Marjane's Story of a Childhood and Story of a Return. It was interesting learning about what was going on in Iran during my growing-up and early college years. (Marjane was five when I was born. These two memoirs covered her life from the age of 10, I think, to 25.)
How did I go so long without reading this book (or the previous one)? So good and funny and smart.
Disappointed to not love this highly acclaimed book. I re-read the first one to be fresh for this, and once again, my expectations were just too high. It was an interesting story, and it certainly illuminated some things about Iranian culture and history, but. Ugh, an autobiography is so hard to review. Marjane was not likable or relatable for me, her troubles in Austria were entirely of her own making—she was homeless for a couple of months because she just decided to be homeless? And then she believed she deserved pity for that very difficult time?
It’s either a failure of personality or of storytelling...I’m sure there’s more to be said about what the war and leaving her family as a young teenager did to her, but I didn’t think it was conveyed well enough. Maybe the graphic novel format let me down, maybe it’s because I don’t have enough practice reading them, but I didn’t find a lot to like in these books. I’m disappointed.
It’s either a failure of personality or of storytelling...I’m sure there’s more to be said about what the war and leaving her family as a young teenager did to her, but I didn’t think it was conveyed well enough. Maybe the graphic novel format let me down, maybe it’s because I don’t have enough practice reading them, but I didn’t find a lot to like in these books. I’m disappointed.
This volume picks up where the first one left off, when Marji’s parents send her to Vienna to escape the traditionalist Iranian regime. This volumes is equally as impressive as the first. It mostly deals with her struggles growing up away from her family and feeling like an outsider, only to return and continue to stand out because of her beliefs. These are very good graphic novels that enlighten us. I highly recommend reading them.
After some time in Austria, we continue to walk with Marjane as a teen and young adult as she returns to Iran and finds that some things have changed...and some have stayed the same.
Things I want to remember:
-the way she "broke character" and spoke to the reader was so seamless. Really beautiful.
-the way she writes about people she didn't like was perfect - not too mean - just the basic truth.
-the way she speaks about her mother going gray after not seeing her for some time.
Marjane is just as endearing as an adult as she was as a child. We can connect to the dissonance she feels being "from" multiple places, the love heartaches, the back and forth with family. I especially connected to the fact that she was an only child (as an only child myself).
I love that both books end at the airport, and that she rips our hearts out with the disaster at the end. This is such a well-done book. I'm looking forward to reading more by Satrapi!
Things I want to remember:
-the way she "broke character" and spoke to the reader was so seamless. Really beautiful.
-the way she writes about people she didn't like was perfect - not too mean - just the basic truth.
-the way she speaks about her mother going gray after not seeing her for some time.
Marjane is just as endearing as an adult as she was as a child. We can connect to the dissonance she feels being "from" multiple places, the love heartaches, the back and forth with family. I especially connected to the fact that she was an only child (as an only child myself).
I love that both books end at the airport, and that she rips our hearts out with the disaster at the end. This is such a well-done book. I'm looking forward to reading more by Satrapi!
I’m sure whatever I’m about to tell you about this book you’ve already read somewhere else, nevertheless, I’ll write it anyway.
Persepolis is a beautiful, honest tale, crafted with such sincerity that I found it hard not to relate to the trials and tribulations of growing up and finding a place for oneself. Even though my circumstances were wildly different from Marjane’s I was able to find a sort of kinship in her story.
Beyond that, it taught me so much about Iran, about its culture, that I think it’s somehow criminal how I didn’t pick this book up sooner.
Truly wonderful, I’m eager to discuss it with the girls from my book club.
Persepolis is a beautiful, honest tale, crafted with such sincerity that I found it hard not to relate to the trials and tribulations of growing up and finding a place for oneself. Even though my circumstances were wildly different from Marjane’s I was able to find a sort of kinship in her story.
Beyond that, it taught me so much about Iran, about its culture, that I think it’s somehow criminal how I didn’t pick this book up sooner.
Truly wonderful, I’m eager to discuss it with the girls from my book club.