Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

23 reviews

esterslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and War

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

0.5

So, there is a bit to tell. I really did not like this book. You might think "Ah, so you did not like it, because it was bad", but it wasn't. Marjane Satrapi does a very good job of showing how she grew up and how stuff changed her. However, it felt a bit like listening to your friend go through absolute shit, without recognizing that you also have problems that you have to deal with. Marjane Satrapi just kept going, because she wanted to tell her story and it was uncomfortable to read, specifically the Vienna part. As a separate note, this book is just in general giving the vibe of "i do not care about the way you feel, because i will never reflect on this", so we got slutshaming and fatphobia. I kind of feel like I wasted my time with this book. 

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?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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.

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cofstars's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

iris_sofia07's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

soupply's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Drug use

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yayokay's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

i am still a sucker for oblivious west asian girls indulging in worlds completely different from theirs. which introduces questions of self integrity. 

def a book everyone should read, a great memoir that touches Iranian history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Fatphobia, Rape, and Blood