Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

35 reviews

kooky_kayla's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

chelseareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and War

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

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.

theportalmaster's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book, especially the childhood part, and the honesty with which the author tells the stories. She openly shows all of her colors, the good and the bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

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

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

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

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Blood

pjwanders's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, 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

amy_reading_23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, 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