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The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

27 reviews

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

2.5

Oof. I’m having a really hard time rating this one. On one hand, it was a beautiful look at one girl’s coming of age in an environment of war and oppression. But on the other hand, I really disliked Marjane (which feels harsh because this is non fiction) and the way the narrative was told. Each chapter felt disjointed and somewhat unreliable. I don’t know if I just had high expectations or this just didn’t work for me. Either way I would still recommend because it was an accessible look at the turmoil in Iran during the late 80s and early 90s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, War, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Xenophobia, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Ableism

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

issyd23's review against another edition

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

5.0

So heartbreaking but very punk rock 5🤘

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Confinement, Hate crime, War, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexism, Medical trauma, Murder, Genocide, Classism, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/injury detail, Self harm, Gaslighting, Grief, and Mental illness

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

yashe96's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, War, Torture, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Drug use, Death, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexual harassment

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

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Classism, Drug use, Rape, Misogyny, Police brutality, Torture, Sexism, Death, Suicide attempt, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War

ru_th's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: "Are my trousers long enough?” “Is my veil in place?” “Can my makeup be seen?” “Are they going to whip me?” No longer asks herself: “Where is my freedom of thought?” “Where is my freedom of speech?” “My life, is it liveable?” “What’s going on in the political prisons?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, War, and Xenophobia

srivathsini_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Police brutality

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.