Persepolis: an honest review

Persepolis is one of the books I have genuinely enjoyed reading for school and may even read part 2. The whole thing is not the best book I’ve ever read but certainly not the worst. The book was kinda boring at the beginning and got a little weird at times.

I love the way that people would die out of nowhere, it added suspense to moments like the bombing of Marjane’s street. A a good example of this is when her uncle dies and all is shown is a newspaper clipping with his face saying executed. This tension was not under used in the last 50 pages of the book. There wasn’t really a conclusion more of a cliffhanger. As we see her mother being carried away by her dad. I noticed the book had a very serious topic and some graphic scenes but the style was that of a children’s novel. I feel this may have been a way of getting a younger audience like 10 up while still having it be serious. I feel some style elements undercut the tone like her smoking a cigarette or listening to music it was confusing the way it just cut from stuff like that to serious stuff like war and bombings. This may be realistic style but is one I think works most of the time but can get confusing at times. Overall I would recommend you read this book and think what was one of the better school assigned books that I’ve read.