I have a few comments after finishing Persepolis this week. I can definitely walk away from this book knowing I am more knowledgeable than I previously was about life in Iran. However, I feel this newfound awareness is only a slight one. The stereotype of Iran I once had is not too much different than how it is after reading. Perhaps this is because I never felt very emotionally connected to Satrapi’s story.
The abundance of historical facts I found to be distracting, and most of the time difficult to understand. Because of this, I felt the book seemed rather dry and uninteresting most of the way through. There were portions of Persepolis I did enjoy though, like the clever lines of comedy and the fact that it was written with images that were equally important as the words. Having never read a graphic novel before, this book was an interesting one to read and certainly broadened my understanding about this type of literature. I can say with confidence that I enjoyed the book, although I was never able to fully relate and understand the context and storyline.
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