empathephant 's review for:

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny informative tense medium-paced

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Americans should read this in school. I had no idea about so much recent history covered in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Classism

Content is focused on the details of growing up during the Islamic Revolution and the ensuing war between Iran and Iraq. Images show confinement, torture, and death, but avoid outright gore.