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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

36 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

lulubellabooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

I believe that some books should be read by everyone, and this is definitely one of those books
What a true emotional rollercoaster. 

I think that the graphic novel format of this book helps turn this into something that younger people can read and understand. It should be read by people of all ages. We are shown very little about Iran other than the connection with fundamentalist  fantlaticism and terrorism. It's what the media does. It shows you the bad things. This book is so enlightening that I feel enriched with new knowledge that should be known by all.

When what happened to Anoosh happened? I wanted to cry. 

The things women were told so that they'd west a veil? I wanted to cry.

I admit that I giggled at the part where Marjane goes to hang out with 'anarchists', only to turn up and see them playing hide and seek and capture the flag!😂

Truly brilliant book that I recommend strongly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexism, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

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

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

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

oliviaisgreen's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

Despite the Complete Persepolis being a graphic novel, it was really wordy which only slightly helped pace things. So much happened across the pages and it was hard to remember after reading. Despite that, the way Satrapi writes about her life and herself was very intriguing. I found Satrapi was never afraid to show when she was in the wrong or when she made bad choices. I also learned a lot from this book, both about Iran/ Iranians and just about people. My favorite part of this book was seeing how Marji interacted with various groups of people over her teens years in Vienna. The cast of people isn’t quite what I would say is diverse, but nothing seemed stale

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual harassment

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, and War

emerentina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death

rainbowrocky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

chaoticbeing's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Really what kickstarted my fascination and love of graphic memoirs. I read it on repeat to the point that I had pages memorized.
Book #1 is much stronger than Book #2, but both are equally important in sharing the author’s life story. #2 is much slower than #1 pace-wise, and feels much less eventful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts