Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

27 reviews

solid_circle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture

nornors's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

bellsdixon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

v_andbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Da biblioteca. I haven't read a whole book so long in a day in a long time. This story tells the story of Marjane, an Iranian girl growing up during the revolution and subsequent regimes.

Talking about freedom and the horrors of war and dictatorship, and the way the western world looks at West Asian countries, this graphic novel should be taught and commented in every single school. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Suicide attempt:

After Marjane comes back from Austria, at the beginning of book 4, she is very depressed and attempts suicide by drinking alcohol and taking too many pills. When this doesn't kill her, she decides to change her life completely.

Religious bigotry:

Both Islamic and Christian extremisms are brought up in this book. You can find the characters usually disagreeing with religious bigotry in Iranian politics when the story is set in Iran, but in book 3 the story is set in Europe and the Christian bigotry is seen in form of xenophobic nuns.

megstro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

paigehf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and War

lilreddress's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexism, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Murder

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

csh2424's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Medical content, and Alcohol

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