After the greatness that was the first volume of Persepolis, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the second volume, The Story of a Return. I wasn’t really disappointed.
The second book picks up almost where the first one left off – Marjane has just landed in Austria, she’s 15 years old, the war is still going on in her country, and she now lives in a place where the common language is not her native tongue. This one started off a little slower than the first one, likely because Satrapi must give an entirely new setting for her adventures.
I really liked how she didn’t gloss over her past – she admits to using drugs, having intimate relations outside of marriage, and trying to kill herself when her life was really low. People really go through these kinds of things, so I was glad that she didn’t try to make them sound better than they were, or that it was no big deal. The politics are, once again, not overwhelming to the story, and the art is still amazing. This one receives at 8.5 out of 10 from me, same as the first book, so if you liked the first one, pick this one up to read next.
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