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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

23 reviews

jakepasseri's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.75

For me, the power of Persepolis is in allowing a reader to understand massive conflicts not through statistics, troops or other top-down view, but through the perspectives and lives of individuals. It allows us to understand the humans at the heart of conflicts that get lost when you cannot connect with them in other mediums

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

maggies's review against another edition

challenging funny fast-paced

3.0

*Read as part of my challenge to (attempt to) read all 100 of NYT's best books of the 21st century*

I can understand why this book was included in the list—it's unflinching and touching and informative. Sometimes I had a hard time following the story, but I enjoyed it overall, especially learning about a time and place and people I'm not particularly familiar with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

bellsdixon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

I've been trying to get into graphic novels lately but it's been a bit of a hit-or-miss experience so far.

When it comes to Persepolis, I can say that I liked the graphic style and the black and white colouring; I felt like these stilistic choices suited the story quite well. I also appreciated the humour peppered throughout, I did chuckle out loud from time to time. 

I read the volume including all 4 parts but I didn't like them in equal measure. The first segment is the one I enjoyed the most, with its focus on the author's childhoood. Still, I cannot but admire Satrapi's honesty in depicting her personal life, the good but also the bad and the less palatable of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, and Colonisation

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War

miss_marples_teatime's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Suicide attempt

atuin's review against another edition

dark informative

5.0

this is the memoir of a woman who grew up in Iran during the Islamic revolution, and as such it does have a lot of dark subject matter. Still, it has moments of hope, beauty, and even humor in a bleak situation, such as her relationship with her grandmother and some of her friends. The illustrations are effective at conveying the peoples emotions and enhance the story. This book should be read to better understand the background of many Iranian people and their struggles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

jeremie's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

adored every second of this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

irinalast's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and War

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Torture, and War

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy