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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

29 reviews

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

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

garynoplastie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ksmith_23's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

I had previously read part 1 of Persepolis but hadn't gotten around to reading the second part, so I was happy to read the complete collection all together. I feel like Satrapi accomplishes a great deal in this graphic memoir--it's a coming-of-age story, a country's modern history, an exploration of religious tradition and a desire for individuality. I think I could have benefited from knowing a bit more about the Islamic Revolution in Iran ahead of time because I struggled a bit to keep up with the political goings-on, but I think she did as good a job as she could have of condensing such complex issues into images with little text. Her style is so recognizable and works well with the narrative she's telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Torture, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

ashleycmms's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bluejayreads's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.5

This is a memoir in graphic novel format, which is not something I’ve seen before. The art was very simplistic – not in a bad way, but it cut out a lot of visual detail to get to the heart of the story. I struggle with graphic novels usually, but this one was a little easier since it didn’t have a lot of visual complexity to distract from the words, and Marjane grew a beauty mark as a teenager which helped distinguish her from the other characters. 

Being a memoir, there’s not so much a plot as themes. It’s a coming-of-age story, it’s a story of a fairly liberal country being crushed by a religious extremist government, it’s a story of a child struggling to understand the changes in her world as she grows up. It’s dark, sad, and heartbreaking by turns, but there’s also happy moments of joy and love and respite. 

I vaguely remember learning about the Islamic Revolution in history – although being homeschooled by extremely Christian parents, it was more “Iran was just about to realize that all successful and advanced societies are Christian and convert, but the wreched Muslims didn’t want to see people following the true god so they took over and forced everyone to be Muslim again” than actual history. Marjane takes the names and dates of history and gives a face to a citizen. She is a single story out of millions, but her story brings to life what it was like to live in Iran during that era, and later what it was like to leave everything in Iran and study in Austria, a country far away from the Islamic Revolution. 

Marjane tells her story well, and the accompanying art highlights what she tells. It is fascinating and compelling, and gives a voice to the ordinary people who lived under the Islamic Revolution regime. I think it is very worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Rape, and Torture

aseel_reads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

this was a really easy to read and insightful novel. I don't know much Iranian history, so I learnt a lot about this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, and Islamophobia