Reviews tagging 'War'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

256 reviews

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

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, and War

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

I've been trying to get into graphic novels lately but it's been a bit of a hit-or-miss experience so far.

When it comes to Persepolis, I can say that I liked the graphic style and the black and white colouring; I felt like these stilistic choices suited the story quite well. I also appreciated the humour peppered throughout, I did chuckle out loud from time to time. 

I read the volume including all 4 parts but I didn't like them in equal measure. The first segment is the one I enjoyed the most, with its focus on the author's childhoood. Still, I cannot but admire Satrapi's honesty in depicting her personal life, the good but also the bad and the less palatable of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, and Colonisation

narrnaul's review against another edition

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

4.75

such poignant emotion and keen political musings captured in satrapi’s simple yet incredibly expressive illustrations. second time reading and each time everything slows down. it just makes you reflect on what it means to be human, how the systems at play manipulate us, and the world overall.
going to buy a copy very soon - incredibly excellent work. a classic and an absolute favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Torture and Police brutality

allisoncdn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and War

v_andbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Da biblioteca. I haven't read a whole book so long in a day in a long time. This story tells the story of Marjane, an Iranian girl growing up during the revolution and subsequent regimes.

Talking about freedom and the horrors of war and dictatorship, and the way the western world looks at West Asian countries, this graphic novel should be taught and commented in every single school. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Suicide attempt:

After Marjane comes back from Austria, at the beginning of book 4, she is very depressed and attempts suicide by drinking alcohol and taking too many pills. When this doesn't kill her, she decides to change her life completely.

Religious bigotry:

Both Islamic and Christian extremisms are brought up in this book. You can find the characters usually disagreeing with religious bigotry in Iranian politics when the story is set in Iran, but in book 3 the story is set in Europe and the Christian bigotry is seen in form of xenophobic nuns.

mysterymeenah's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual violence

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War