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Persépole by Marjane Satrapi

nussi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

phoenix527's review against another edition

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4.0

The graphic memoir of a girl's coming of age during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. I know very little about the history of Iran. I don't think that I have ever read any books about the subject and I don't recall ever learning about it in school. So the things that happened in this book were pretty new to me. I liked learning about it from this perspective because it was first hand. And while, it is first hand from someone who is of a higher social class and who was European educated, it still recounts what the author remembers as a young girl. Throughout the book I felt really scared for "Marji." There were parts of this book (including the end) that were really heartbreaking. In some ways it wasn't an easy read because of how concerned I was. But I am glad I read it and I look forward to reading the next one.

olive_oaso's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

4.75

abbeyeds's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.75

snleck's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

emmadobson33's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.75

lailahinson10's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

iafk9's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

shelbyforsythia's review against another edition

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2.0

Not one of my favorites. Maybe it was getting into the history or the names, but I just couldn't latch onto this one. I was torn between loving the drawings for God and war while hating the close-mouthed conversation that was happening for the majority of the book. I enjoyed Maus much more as a historical graphic novel.

reedk2289's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved the movie love the graphic novel even more. SO GOOD.