Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

23 reviews

illgiveyouahint's review

dark funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Drug use, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Infidelity, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

cofstars's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Self harm, Misogyny, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Cursing, Religious bigotry, and Bullying

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

orville's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism and Islamophobia

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

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, Xenophobia, Torture, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

readandfindout's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Violence, Addiction, Death, War, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Islamophobia, Drug abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Torture and Self harm

theasbookworld's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Drug use, Violence, War, Confinement, Death, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Classism, and Sexism

readingjaunt's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Islamophobia and Sexual harassment