Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

37 reviews

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

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

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

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

atuin's review against another edition

dark informative

5.0

this is the memoir of a woman who grew up in Iran during the Islamic revolution, and as such it does have a lot of dark subject matter. Still, it has moments of hope, beauty, and even humor in a bleak situation, such as her relationship with her grandmother and some of her friends. The illustrations are effective at conveying the peoples emotions and enhance the story. This book should be read to better understand the background of many Iranian people and their struggles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

kooky_kayla's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

briparker195's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I don't like the NYT 100 Top Novels of 21st Century list, but this one definitely deserves to be on it. An educational but amazing read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

0.5

So, there is a bit to tell. I really did not like this book. You might think "Ah, so you did not like it, because it was bad", but it wasn't. Marjane Satrapi does a very good job of showing how she grew up and how stuff changed her. However, it felt a bit like listening to your friend go through absolute shit, without recognizing that you also have problems that you have to deal with. Marjane Satrapi just kept going, because she wanted to tell her story and it was uncomfortable to read, specifically the Vienna part. As a separate note, this book is just in general giving the vibe of "i do not care about the way you feel, because i will never reflect on this", so we got slutshaming and fatphobia. I kind of feel like I wasted my time with this book. 

Reading notes:

Momo sucks ass.

She just accused man of a crime he didn't commit? And what she accused him of is not even comparible of her wearing lipstick? And her and her boyfriend are so happy about it? They deserve each other. 

The scene with the pills in uni. Just like, girly, if you have something on your heart, maybe don't throw it at the first person you see?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

I do not actually remember if there were examples of addiction, alcoholism and drug abuse, but I am not planning to reread the whole book to find them. It felt like they were there, but do not trust my word. Also, ableism is there for like a chapter, but it is bad.

emileesbooks's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual violence

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, and War