Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

36 reviews

orville's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism and Islamophobia

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

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

jialianyang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

What a gorgeous graphic novel! Marjane writes and illustrates with honesty, humor and wit to convey her singular experience of her childhood in Iran and Austria, experiencing war and revolution, personal and communal rebellions, fundamentalism and political struggles and more. The graphic novel unfolds in a way that is at once attuned to daily life and Marjane's emotional world, as well as the larger global circumstances that inform her experiences. It is an epic of personal growth and the evolution of a country and a society, connected by a passion for family, home, Iran, friendship, justice and self expression. I felt parented by the meaning making efforts in this journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

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

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

ladyfrecklles's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

readandfindout's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

Moderate: Self harm and Torture

theasbookworld's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, War, and Classism

readingpicnic's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Islamophobia and Sexual harassment