Once I started reading this book, the artwork stood out as interesting, unique, and not at all what I would have expected from a graphic novel. Many of the images need no words to express what the author is trying to get across. Like the image below, it says volumes, even without the explanation.
What stood out to me the most though, was the amazing story of growing up in revolutionary Iran. I would argue that one of the best ways to understand a period of history, is to hear the story from the people who lived it. Marjane describes so many aspects of her childhood during such unstable times. I love when she talks about getting cassette tapes on the sly, and how her parents sewed pop culture posters into her dad's coat to smuggle them into Iran for her. Moments like that in the story remind the reader that she wasn't just a child living through a war, she was a child just like any other child. She wanted posters on her wall, the latest music, and had crushes on boys.

Interestingly enough, I was reading this on the bus to work one morning and a man asked me how I was liking the book. He then told me that he was a teenager in Iran during that time, he told me a bit about his experiences and how very frightening a time it was.

An absolute must read for anyone and everyone! I loved this book and can't wait to start the second book Persepolis: The Story of a Return.