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A review by martha_is_reading
The Wolf of Baghdad by Carol Isaacs
3.0
This is a graphic non-fiction charting the experiences of Iraqi Jews who were persecuted following WWII through to their expulsion in the 1960s and 70s. It's a period of history I had no awareness of at all, and this opened a door to yet another area which my school education failed to reference - namely that Naziism was not just confined to Europe, it extended much much further and much later in history.
While I found the content to be important and illuminating, the style was too sparse for me. There is very little narrative here, and I was left wanting so much more. This may have been due to unfair comparisons to [b:The Complete Persepolis|991197|The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis, #1-4)|Marjane Satrapi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327876995l/991197._SX50_.jpg|13344769] which had a similar artistic style and the overlap of being about Middle Eastern history, but gave a lot more narrative text.
3.5 stars for opening my eyes to an underrepresented period of history, I wish I'd been given just a little bit more information to be able to bring it up to 4.
While I found the content to be important and illuminating, the style was too sparse for me. There is very little narrative here, and I was left wanting so much more. This may have been due to unfair comparisons to [b:The Complete Persepolis|991197|The Complete Persepolis (Persepolis, #1-4)|Marjane Satrapi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327876995l/991197._SX50_.jpg|13344769] which had a similar artistic style and the overlap of being about Middle Eastern history, but gave a lot more narrative text.
3.5 stars for opening my eyes to an underrepresented period of history, I wish I'd been given just a little bit more information to be able to bring it up to 4.