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Summary: A must read!
Comment: Love love love this book! A must read for everyone! An easy and enlightening read through comic strip form.
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Summary: Persepolis 2
Comment: This sequel to Persepolis was just as powerful as the original, detailing Marjane's difficulties as an immigrant in a new country. Her life in Austria gets off to a rough start as she ends up boarding at a Catholic school where she knows no one. When she finally finds friends, she ends up taking drugs, and at one point lives on the street as a homeless person. After hitting rock bottom, she returns to Iran only to find out that she doesn't fit in there anymore.
I liked Persepolis 2, and found her story of life as a teenager in Austria and Iran to be fascinating. I have to say that I did prefer Persepolis over the sequel, because the sweet innocence and crazy hijinx of the younger Marjane was enchanting and heartbreaking at the same time. As far as the skill of the art and storytelling, it completely lived up to the first book.
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Summary: Inside Iran Persepolis 1 & 2
Comment: Graphic novel comes of age. This is the first novel I have seen by a writer trained as a graphic artist. It is wonderful!
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Summary: Be very careful before buying this book
Comment: I loved Persepolis, so when I realized there was a Persepolis 2, I quickly bought a used copy from Amazon. When I received it, I was very disappointed to learn that I had already read it! Although my first book was entitled Persepolis, it contained both stories. Check your copy of Persepolis before you buy the sequel; you may have read it!
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Summary: The Charm Wears Thin
Comment: The first novel in this series succeeded because its childlike graphics and gee-whiz storytelling matched perfectly with this subject matter. We could imagine the infant/child author telling her story in exactly these terms.
This sequel fails because the issues of growing up and dealing with the disillusionment with one's own culture are much more subtle. The story and the graphics remind us constantly of the nuances that are left out, of the issues of women's rights and humanity that are sentimentalized, of the real conflicts that this child/woman is undergoing that are completely unexplored.
There are a few quibbles to be explored: the view of vienna is odd and the little vignette of the narrator peeing standing up seems forced. But most importantly, the mismatch between the story and the way in which it is told ends up making for a read that turns boring quickly.
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