Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

69 reviews

cbingen520's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and Antisemitism

bisonprints's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, and Classism

grays_opinion's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

amelody's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This was assigned reading for school. At first, I was not looking forward to this book because I couldn't care less about celebrities, but Noah is thankfully one of the few interesting ones. You get some great history into South Africa. Reading about Noah's life was enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

torturedreadersdept's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Colonisation

nanjeahug's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Blood

Despite the warnings it is a good read as it is things we should know especially as a white person.

calamitywindpetal's review

emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

lanayagraham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This is an absolute MUST READ. It was honest, funny, hearbreaking, interesting and easy to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Excrement, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

alisonannk's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Genocide, and Kidnapping