Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

6 reviews

booksanna's review

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.75

Great emotional story of war and abuse induced on people of Iran. So important to read. The wriitng was very consise and showed the growing of Marji very smoothly. The art was beautiful, but sometimes terrifying. The next story is even more heartbreaking. This really shows what war and oppression can do for a young generation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Sexism, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Torture, Death, War, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Child death

cavtasticreader's review

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a graphic novel memoir of  Marjane Satrapi’s childhood growing up in Iran during the 1970’s rebellion and the later the Islamic revolution. It is so well done and give such a honest glimpse into what happened during that time.  The story it’s self is not an easy one to read because of the harsh truths and reality that she encountered.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, War, and Fire/Fire injury

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

this was so informative but so devastating. i cannot wait to read the next volume and further educate myself on some of the Iranian history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Alcohol, Classism, Violence, and War

reginahafner_'s review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

i’m #sad 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Hate crime, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Torture

empathephant's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative tense medium-paced

5.0

Americans should read this in school. I had no idea about so much recent history covered in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Torture, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Terminal illness, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Colonisation, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

Content is focused on the details of growing up during the Islamic Revolution and the ensuing war between Iran and Iraq. Images show confinement, torture, and death, but avoid outright gore.

mags414's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Torture