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sabelaaa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
3.75
alisarae's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic story telling, global and local perspectives, lovely art, and cultural accuracy!
solid_circle's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture
tenextiic's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
blowp0p's review against another edition
4.0
Content warnings: mentions of torture, bombings, war, slut shaming
This was an emotional read for me. It talks about a girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution (of the late 70s/80s). I knew it happened but didn't quite realise how bad it was for Iranians.
It also gave me more reasons to really despise America (not that I needed more, I have enough as it is already). This is history that someone lived through translated into a graphic novel (and translated into English since it was originally written in French). And it's good.
It was a quick read for me but also a very hard topic to read about. I'm very glad that my library actually carried this in stock because of how much it was recommended to me to read (and how little our graphic novels/manga section is throughout the library system).
But just because it's in the form of a graphic novel shouldn't discourage you. Unless you have vision issues and can't find a large print version of this or an e-book version that you can enlarge so you can read. I very much enjoyed this book (which was apparently the first two books in one).
This was an emotional read for me. It talks about a girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution (of the late 70s/80s). I knew it happened but didn't quite realise how bad it was for Iranians.
It also gave me more reasons to really despise America (not that I needed more, I have enough as it is already). This is history that someone lived through translated into a graphic novel (and translated into English since it was originally written in French). And it's good.
It was a quick read for me but also a very hard topic to read about. I'm very glad that my library actually carried this in stock because of how much it was recommended to me to read (and how little our graphic novels/manga section is throughout the library system).
But just because it's in the form of a graphic novel shouldn't discourage you. Unless you have vision issues and can't find a large print version of this or an e-book version that you can enlarge so you can read. I very much enjoyed this book (which was apparently the first two books in one).
annabird4020's review against another edition
4.0
Satrapi writes her childhood experience in both a simple art form and language. This simplicity, I would argue, is it's strength- the reader is thus challenged to take more time on simple images while still easily grasping the severity and emotions of the child-narrator's situation. It stands well on it's own, I only doc the one star because of Persepolis 2, which may be hypocritical but it makes this first installment feel far less nuanced. I would recommend this read to anyone who is new to graphic novels.
pretentiousbreadcrumbs's review against another edition
4.0
This is my first long form graphic novel and I found it very enjoyable and eye opening.
This is a book you could open at any time of day and it will make you feel as if you're continuing a conversation with a close friend.
Persepolis is very accessible, in spite of its heavy themes I would still recommend this to anyone aged 12+.
This is a book you could open at any time of day and it will make you feel as if you're continuing a conversation with a close friend.
Persepolis is very accessible, in spite of its heavy themes I would still recommend this to anyone aged 12+.
esthersweet08's review against another edition
4.0
Muy muy muy recomendable, todo el mundo deberÃa leerlo al menos una vez en la vida, es una maravilla.