Kinjal Parekh's Reviews > The Complete Persepolis

Reading this book was overwhelming. It made me angry, it made me cry. And almost all the times, made me feel proud of Satrapi’s parents.

This is a political and cultural evolution story of Iran through the eyes of a young girl.

The more I read war-linked books, the more I believe that words like hope, justice, fairness are nothing but decorative words privileged people can use to get their way in life.

Persepolis is Satrapi's coming of age memoir/story in Tehran, Iran, during the Islamic Revolution. The book adds up some facts about the fundamentalists and Iran's government along with good political dialogues for someone who hasn't known much.

The story progresses very thoughtfully, slow at first from political POV and then advances to describing the then state-of-affair boldly.

100% recommended to each and everyone. It doesn't matter which genre of books you read. You read this book to educate yourself and to understand the sad state of affairs people continue to live in, and once lived in.

It breaks my heart.

“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:
Are my trousers long enough?
Is my veil in place?
Can my make-up be seen?
Are they going to whip me?

No longer asks herself:
Where is my freedom of thought?
Where is my freedom of speech?
My life, is it liveable?
What's going on in the political prisons?”