Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

16 reviews

emileesbooks's review

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death, Xenophobia, War, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual violence

alishamegan's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Classism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

gellyreads's review

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, and Gun violence

morgan_mck's review

dark emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, War, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Rape

shelbyrodger's review

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Police brutality, Violence, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual violence

maddie_is_literate's review

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Torture, Death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual violence

keeganrb's review

emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

kayschwe's review

challenging informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Death of parent, War, Classism, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

biancafrancisco's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Persepolis is the memoir of Marjane Satrapi growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran in graphic novel form.
 
She depicts the cultural and political evolution, the change in regime, the political prisioners, the war. It was strange but very real to see the depiction of normal every day life and concerns of a young girl and her family even with all of this has the background. Funny and light moments intercepted with gut wrenching scenes,

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such as the death or imprisonment of close friends or family.

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Sometimes it felt silly (in a good way) and sometimes I had to put it down from how hard it hit. 

Satrapi's relationship with her family was heart-warming to see. The freedom of thought and rebellion she inherited from them that made it so dangerous under the circumstances, the incredibly supportive woman in her family and the love her parents had for her.

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The fact that they would risk themselves just to get her posters of her favorite artists without folding them (it actually hurt when she thanked her father first when in fact it was her mother's idea, that's a whole different talk though).

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"Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying." As a previous emigrant with family still abroad, this one HURT. 

I learned a lot and I felt a lot, I'm looking forward to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Violence and Sexual violence

sallytiffany's review

dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

This book had really solemn art styles. I liked the story a lot but sometimes it was confusing. The ending was heart wrenching 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence