Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

54 reviews

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

chaoticbeing's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Really what kickstarted my fascination and love of graphic memoirs. I read it on repeat to the point that I had pages memorized.
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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

briparker195's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I don't like the NYT 100 Top Novels of 21st Century list, but this one definitely deserves to be on it. An educational but amazing read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

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: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

ryraeriv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Grief, and Classism

blueteacup's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

Persepolis is an extremely interesting and captivating look into life in Iran during and after the revolution.  Satrapi uses political ideology and her graphic art style to paint a picture of what it was like to be a child in a war-torn country, and after that her experience as an immigrant from Southwest Asia in Europe.  

Her socialist leanings lends itself to giving an objective view of the horrors that happened to anyone who was a “threat” to the regime.  She’s not afraid to describe what happens to a Communist young girl before she’s killed for her beliefs, or showing images of people drowned in their own bathtubs.  I appreciated that she didn’t shy away from these graphic descriptions and images when other authors will usually describe things as “unspeakable” and leave it at that, or, worse, describe things in a way that’s meant to be voyeuristic to Western audiences and simultaneously paints Iranaians as both poor and helpless and ruthless and “backwards”.  Her sympathy and love for her country really comes through, even if she is describing horrific scenarios brought on by the government.

Satrapi’s art style lends itself well to the graphic novel medium.  Her simple but still descriptive drawings allow for the novel to be very accessible while still being understandable.  Her expressive depictions of her family, friends and acquaintances paint her life as colourful and full of intrigue.

I really enjoyed this series of graphic novels and would highly recommend them to anyone who wants a better understanding of Iranian history, war and culture, or to anyone who’s interested in auto-biographies of interesting people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racism and Suicide attempt

There's a very upsetting scene where her Jewish neighbours' house is blown up by a missile while they're there and are killed. It was very upsetting for me as a Jewish person to read, as the reason they were home was because of Shabbat. It shows up in the chapter titled "Shabbat".

emileesbooks's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence

csh2424's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Medical content, and Alcohol

cbh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I have never read a book that so perfectly captures the feeling of freedom and all that one can gain and lose out of it. It is excellent! An easy page turner, and definitely a must-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and War

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, and Religious bigotry

alishamegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism