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The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

8 reviews

cofstars's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

aalayah's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Drug abuse, Genocide, Injury/injury detail, Islamophobia, War, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Self harm, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Sexism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Bullying, and Body shaming

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

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

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

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective

4.0

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a candid an immensely successful graphic memoir detailing coming-of-age amid revolution, war, and migration. A title with such influence reaching great heights that Persepolis might need little introduction. It certainly is easy thinking about francophone writers or comics in French for the Iranian creator Marjane Satrapi and Persepolis to come to mind.  For my part I am surprised even over twenty years later how I again can pick up the comics and a new part will jump out at me. It’s black/white aesthetic and paneling, sometimes overflowing with text or quietly speaking silently yet powerfully on their own engages the reader. No wonder it has subsequently inspired others (such as Marguerite Abouet) to tell their own stories through the medium of sequential art. Too as a title that has continued to be a subject of controversy, it is worth highlighting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s resources on Persepolis . In addition to the two volume or single omnibus editions of the comic, (in English translated by Mattias Ripa and Blake Ferris, lettering Eve Deluze with additional hand lettering Céline Merrien) I’d also encourage people to search out the 2007 animated film adaptation. Using traditional animation techniques that give beautiful results. 

Persepolis reminds us not only of the liveliness, cruelty, and efforts to make sense of the world, but identity, transitions, and resilience in the face of fundamentalism and crossing foreign cultures. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Murder, War, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Racism, Alcohol, and Confinement

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Rape

This comic also deals with fundamentalism and imperialism, mention forced marriage.

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

I had previously read part 1 of Persepolis but hadn't gotten around to reading the second part, so I was happy to read the complete collection all together. I feel like Satrapi accomplishes a great deal in this graphic memoir--it's a coming-of-age story, a country's modern history, an exploration of religious tradition and a desire for individuality. I think I could have benefited from knowing a bit more about the Islamic Revolution in Iran ahead of time because I struggled a bit to keep up with the political goings-on, but I think she did as good a job as she could have of condensing such complex issues into images with little text. Her style is so recognizable and works well with the narrative she's telling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content

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

Minor: Cursing, Islamophobia, Misogyny, and Rape

literarylady1's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

 Persepolis is graphic novel written & Illustrated by Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi. It is a dramatized account on her life during the Iranian Revelation. Satrapi's story was both humorous & informative on the war & cultural shift that Iran have undergone, in addition to how her & her family coped with war. Their continuous fight for normalcy no matter what the risks where was impressive. Throughout the story, Marjane is constantly on a journey to find out where she belongs through childhood and adulthood. It is an excellent Read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Murder