This was such an excellent graphic memoir. This highlights Satrapi's personal experiences living through multiple regime changes in Iran. This covers so much history, while also talking realistically about the experiences of people who lived it. While it touches on the visceral traumas, it also addresses the mundane -- and how the two overlap in such a time. She also talks about the experience of immigration and her own internal cultural struggle. There are so many important things to be taken from this book, but it is all packaged wonderfully. It was engaging, animated, and frequently funny, even though it touches so much on difficult topics. So many people (and places) in her life stood out as such unique characters throughout the book. It was a really great reading experience over all.