Reviews tagging 'Death'

Persepolis: Storia di un'infanzia by Marjane Satrapi, Cristina Sparagana, Gianluigi Gasparini, Enrico Racca

199 reviews

dragonmagic's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol

mmatyld's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Islamophobia, and War

dabreu's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, and Murder

alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I've wanted to read Persepolis since I first saw it in my high school library. I'm so glad I finally got to read it. It was a great, fast read. Super informative and engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Vomit

thegardenlesbian's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Muy buen libro, me ha llenado el corazón. Recomiendo a cualquiera que lo lea. Es increíble la conexión que se siente con la autora, especialmente de niña. Te hace llorar de tristeza y de risa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

jakepasseri's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.75

For me, the power of Persepolis is in allowing a reader to understand massive conflicts not through statistics, troops or other top-down view, but through the perspectives and lives of individuals. It allows us to understand the humans at the heart of conflicts that get lost when you cannot connect with them in other mediums

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

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

maggies's review against another edition

challenging funny fast-paced

3.0

*Read as part of my challenge to (attempt to) read all 100 of NYT's best books of the 21st century*

I can understand why this book was included in the list—it's unflinching and touching and informative. Sometimes I had a hard time following the story, but I enjoyed it overall, especially learning about a time and place and people I'm not particularly familiar with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

natashalovesducks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

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