A comic book childhood memoir of life during the Iran Revolution. It could be a little hard to understand if you don't know much about the revolution, but still interesting and poignant. Even though I enjoy reading big novels with big words, I really liked this one too, and intend to get the second one.
I had to read this for class, but ended up enjoying it more than I've enjoyed many school novels.

A Brilliant Novel
***** Out of five stars
Persepolis is a brilliantly written and stunningly drawn graphic novel/biography by Marjane Starapi. Appropriately referred to as "the story of a childhood" by its author, Persepolis is about growing up during the Iran-Iraq war.
In the novel, Starapi tells the story of her childhood, starting from age nine. A particularly strong part of the novel involves Starapi recounting when she was forced to wear a veil in school. She talks about how she wasn't sure what to think of it and about what symbolism it has to her religion.
Another particularly interesting part is during Section Two where Starapi and her friends are discussing revolutions. One compares them to a bicycle, if they're not in motion, they will stop working.
Another very good part of this book is not in its text, but its artwork. Starapi tells her tale through a beautiful black and white comic that will keep readers interested and amazed by her skills.
In conclusion, Persepolis tells a truly unique and wonderful tale about a amazing woman's childhood and how she became who she is today.

Persepolis chronicles the author's childhood, growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the war with Iraq. Her parents were Marxists, so Satrapi watched her parents go off to protest and wanted to become involved herself fairly young. She also learned, while she was young, some of the consequences of protesting and resisting (imprisonment, murder, execution).

This was my first graphic novel and I really liked it. I really liked the story and I surprised myself a bit by quite enjoying the graphic novel presentation of it. She moved quickly from event to the event, and part of that may be because it's a graphic novel...because the images are there, she doesn't need to write as much description. This made the story move along very quickly, so it kept my interest the entire time. I will definitely be reading Persepolis 2.

The moving story told through the eyes of a young girl growing up in Iran and experiencing first-hand the horrors of the islamic revolution. Well written with charming illustrations, this a book that will be remembered for years to come.

The format of this book catches you off guard at first, but as soon as you start reading, you realize how the illustrations narrate the story. Its format lends understanding to the historical and political events of the time. I marvel at how the author seems to place her emotions aside and finds humour through such adversity. I highly recommend this one and can`t wait to read the next!!!

I can't begin to describe my enchantment with this book. The images are so beautifully drawn that the story draws you in. My empathy towards Marjane and her family was immediate. I don't want to give the impression that this is a happy childhood story, it is not - it is however incredibly inspiring.

I picked this book not knowing what to expect, and was pleasently surprised by the author's ability in giving an accurate and brief overview of what the "revolution" genration of Iranians experienced in the past 25 years.

It's the first graphic novel I've read, and I'm now hooked. A friend lent it to me, I read it in one sitting. I passed the book onto my mom who cried at the end. Captivating and very educational. Marjane's accounts of her experience during the revolution are very objective and real. Reccomended to absolutely everyone. I can't wait to read the sequel.

I couldn't stop reading Persepolis after I
found it on the display table in Chapters. It is
a book illustrates many snapshots of
Iranians' life during their ups and downs in
70's - 80's. Althought I 've never been to or
grown up in a IsIamic country, I came to
Canada because of the political changes in
Hong Kong during 1997. Some of the
stories reminded me the worries and fears of
Hong Kong people experienced around
1997, but there was nothing come close to
the fears and heart broken that the Iranian's
facing during their revolution in 70's -80's.
I learn and understand more about Iranian
culture and Islamic world. I highly recomand
this book to my friends.

I cannot give Peresepolis enough praise. Having been a child of the revolution like Satrapi, I could relate to all of our heroine's thoughts and emotions. I was even younger than Marjan at the time of the revolution but the fear, anger, confusion, mistrust and disbelief that she displays at the various stages in her memoir were all shared by me as a child. I felt as if she wrote about the world that I saw and felt around me.

I highly recommend this book to all - step away from, as one reviewer noted, the cliches of CNN and enter a new world of understanding of a people savagely crippled under the dictatorship of the muslim clergy.

Marjan is one year older than me. Her story is the story of my generation. This book is the best book to teach my children on Iran's history and to show to the world what being an Iranian means.