Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

49 reviews

itsgs's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

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

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

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.

dross_40's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book taught me about a part of the world I know little about. It, also, gave me a history lesson from an insider’s point-of-view. The animation gave some relief to the heavy topics. This was my first time reading an adult graphic novel. This art form brings lightheartedness to the reader.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

This is fun to read despite the heavy topics. The art form provides relief.

megstro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Torture, and War

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

megha_tron_14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and War

Moderate: Death, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

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