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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

8 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review

challenging dark informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

The second part of Marjane Satrapi’s life. In this memoir she discusses her journey in Europe, the events that led her back to Iran, and eventually to France. 

I really enjoyed reading this book. I love the format, if I had to choose one format for memoirs to read forever it would be graphic novels. It gives the reader a unique experience to see more than words and adds to the identification with the main character. Having this book and her first in graphic novel format helped me to see and understand what her life was truly like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Islamophobia, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Misogyny, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content, War, Grief, Infidelity, and Gun violence

Minor: Murder and Medical content

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi was a continuation of the stories we got to see in the first edition. This book continued to press the boundaries of what it means to grow up in the middle of a war. This book dove a little deeper into the impact of the war on Marjane, and how it affected her development as she got older. I think these two books paint an incredibly important picture of the personal hardships suffered by individuals in war torn countries. These books deal beautiful with the complex and challenging emotions they bring up, and I think that reading the pair is well worth everyone’s time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, War, Sexism, Genocide, and Misogyny

cozy_academic's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gun violence, Death, Police brutality, Drug use, War, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

lanid's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Police brutality, Body shaming, and Homophobia

dylweed's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, War, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death

ninahuynh's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved seeing Marjane's growth as a character and a teenager to young adulthood. Makes you put into perspective the many different lives people are living, and how war and death and oppression can shape and mold you is whichever it wants unless you are willing to stand up for what you believe in.   I wish there was more to read!!

Read more in my blog: https://niansworld.wordpress.com/2022/02/20/persepolis-the-story-of-a-return-3-4-marjane-satrapi/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment

ashareadsbooks's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: War, Islamophobia, Drug use, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Torture, Violence, and Sexual harassment

leahsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

After reading Persepolis 1, I couldn't wait for this to arrive at the library, so that I could find out what happened in Marjane's life. 

Book 1 left off on a bit of a cliffhanger. Marjane had just left the repressive regime of Iran (and her parents) to head to Austria and finish her schooling there. It felt like she was trapped in a no-win situation. Staying in Iran gave her the family support that she's always relied on, but was slowly crushing her spirit by forcing her to bend to a religious regime that was stripping away personal freedoms and her ability to express her brilliant mind. However, as she found out quickly, Austria wasn't everything she had hoped it would be. While she had more freedom to express herself, both physically and philosophically, there was a definite culture clash. Marjane experienced racism and a complete lack of emotional support for the first time in her life. 

Adolescence is a rough time for so many people, and I couldn't even imagine going through not just the physical changes, but the emotional changes as well, while living in a place without my family and a core group of friends who fully accept you and understand you at a deep level. I empathized so deeply with what Marjane went through, and was so impressed with the strength that she was able to display. 

Even with everything that she went through, she demonstrated an ability to take in wisdom that was offered, and fortunately, her family members gave her enough room to make her own mistakes, trusting that she would learn from them. The drawings were stark, with the black and white format, but I thought that it fit the story perfectly. This is definitely a memoir that was well suited for a graphic novel format, and it will stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Racism