Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

36 reviews

lashette's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative slow-paced

4.0

My first graphic memoir. Read for The Realm of Comics book club. I learned a lot about the Iranian or Islamic Revolution from the pov of a young Iranian girl. It's a coming of age of sorts. There's humor, joy, faith and family in this. Alongside the death, uncertainty, mysoginy, homelessness, drugs and racism. Ultimately this is a normal girl's life. And I appreciate that.

I think it was very text heavy, which in not used to in this format. And it was slow in some parts. But overall good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and War

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative tense medium-paced

5.0

Americans should read this in school. I had no idea about so much recent history covered in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Classism

Content is focused on the details of growing up during the Islamic Revolution and the ensuing war between Iran and Iraq. Images show confinement, torture, and death, but avoid outright gore.

anonymous_k's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.25

Great graphic novel! It was extremely heavy… which made the book a slow read. On top of that, this was the complete Persepolis so it was longer too. I gave it a 4.25 star rating only because it was long, heavy, and dark… it was definitely depressing. However, it was a reality, and it was perfectly written and illustrated. So, no complaints for me, it was just a lot which made the reading difficult for me… a person with depression and anxiety.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and War

Moderate: Death

quirkko24's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Islamophobia, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Blood, and Colonisation

pirateenthusiast's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

I think this is the first time I've ever been able to confidently give a book a "must read" label. Persepolis was a beautiful telling of Satrapi's life. Her art style was simple, but she is able to convey deep meaning in one simple frame. There were several moments in reading Persepolis that I genuinely cried. 
Persepolis is a must read. It tells an important and emotional story, and it is a quick read for those pressed for time. I really think everybody should read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia and Islamophobia

dianavdavidson_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, and Murder

aseel_reads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

this was a really easy to read and insightful novel. I don't know much Iranian history, so I learnt a lot about this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, and Islamophobia

abookishwasp's review against another edition

4.75

This has surprised me immensely! I did not expect to love it so much. I believe this is one of those that everyone needs to read ~ this is a must read. I gained so much knowledge from this (while at the same time feeling that i lacked in common knowledge, which also has inspired me to learn more), and at the same time i do relate with Marjane's story. I can't say that I've witnessed war and such harsh living conditions, but i am an immigrant and at least from that point of view, i really felt what she was saying and i related to her feelings and relationship with parents. This is a must read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Islamophobia, and War

mags414's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Torture

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder