Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

22 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is Marjane Satrapi’s story of growing up in Iran during the war between Iran and Iraq. It is heartbreaking and informative and I think everybody should read it. 

It is important to learn about different cultures and histories and this exemplifies that. 

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Content Warnings

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

catandherbooks's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Rape, and Gun violence

annalise_4202's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Gun violence

Minor: Grief

lily_xs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, and Violence

gellyreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, and Gun violence

cozy_academic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Persepolis is a powerful read. As someone unfamiliar with the landscape of Iran, some of the town and city names were a little challenging to keep track of, but that doesn't take away from the impact of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, War, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Child death

amykenney's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Cursing, and Rape

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.75

Great emotional story of war and abuse induced on people of Iran. So important to read. The wriitng was very consise and showed the growing of Marji very smoothly. The art was beautiful, but sometimes terrifying. The next story is even more heartbreaking. This really shows what war and oppression can do for a young generation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Sexism, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Torture, Death, War, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Child death

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

this was so informative but so devastating. i cannot wait to read the next volume and further educate myself on some of the Iranian history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Alcohol, Classism, Violence, and War

premansh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Gun violence, War, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder