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jeremie's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Police brutality, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War
Minor: Homophobia
ursa_arlo's review against another edition
4.25
Negatives. Because this graphic novel is a chronological life story which compiles important events from the author's life, it does not have a traditional story structure. The eclectic storytelling suits the life Marjane has lived but the lack of structure makes some sections drag on.
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War
Minor: Drug use, Xenophobia, Grief, and Alcohol
megha_tron_14's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War and Police brutality
Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Death
Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
rainbowrocky's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Police brutality, Classism, Sexism, and Colonisation
Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Ableism, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Murder
lilreddress's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: War, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: Mental illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Bullying, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, and Suicide
chaoticbeing's review against another edition
4.0
Book #1 is much stronger than Book #2, but both are equally important in sharing the author’s life story. #2 is much slower than #1 pace-wise, and feels much less eventful.
Graphic: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, War, Classism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Sexism
Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts
sleepylit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, War, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Death, and Homophobia
strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition
5.0
It is important to learn about different cultures and histories and this exemplifies that.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Police brutality, Classism, Alcohol, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War
Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Blood, and Gun violence
Minor: Child abuse and Child death
markwillnevercry's review against another edition
0.5
Reading notes:
Momo sucks ass.
She just accused man of a crime he didn't commit? And what she accused him of is not even comparible of her wearing lipstick? And her and her boyfriend are so happy about it? They deserve each other.
The scene with the pills in uni. Just like, girly, if you have something on your heart, maybe don't throw it at the first person you see?
Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Hate crime, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
I do not actually remember if there were examples of addiction, alcoholism and drug abuse, but I am not planning to reread the whole book to find them. It felt like they were there, but do not trust my word. Also, ableism is there for like a chapter, but it is bad.taliatalksbooks's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, War, Murder, Grief, Torture, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, and Police brutality