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The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

31 reviews

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

jaimeeslitlife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I've been loving memoirs lately, and Satrapi's graphic memoir is an absolute gem. PERSEPOLIS details Satrapi's experience growing up in Iran and what being Iranian means to her. It is equal parts funny, heartbreaking, and informative, and Satrapi's bold black-and-white art is the perfect vessel to help tell her story. Though vast in scope and heavy with content, PERSEPOLIS is incredibly welcoming and relatable. Read this for the coming-of-age story, read this to get a fuller picture of a country so often reduced to its worst moments, read this because it's a damn good book. 🤘

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

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

iris_sofia07's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Rape, War, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Genocide, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Islamophobia, 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

tuesday_evening's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Police brutality, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

percivilious's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Death, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Classism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

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.

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Self harm, War, Police brutality, Racism, Xenophobia, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Blood, and Body horror

ma_nina's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

A bit too fast paced for my liking, which meant I got confused at times. Amazing story though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Murder, War, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Police brutality, Self harm, and Suicide attempt