Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

91 reviews

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

A heart wrenching story with his classic sense of humor. I really appreciated this story as it felt incredibly real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Gore

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

soupy_twist's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racism

ruffian23's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Excrement, Rape, and Sexual assault

sphinx91's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Colonisation, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Police brutality

jenn_jean's review

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a great listen. I got to hear what South Africa was like (as much as I can) during apartheid and after. I’m glad it was part of the Reading Around the World Challenge from StoryGraph, it makes me want to learn more about it as well as other African countries. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Racism, Hate crime, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

viviane_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Domestic abuse, and Violence

tanis_placeway's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Brilliant memoir. Brilliant narrator. Who better to tell his story than Trevor Noah himself. Just hearing about his childhood and experiences puts a face on Apartheid, something which is so vitally important. Honestly… everyone should listen to this. I’m sure reading it is fine, but listening is a whole other experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

lettyleaf's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Alcohol

rosieyxl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

"For my mother. My first fan. Thank you for making me a man."

Born A Crime is a hilarious yet poignant memoir from comedian Trevor Noah about his upbringing in South Africa as the country slowly shed itself of the apartheid skin.

I learned a lot from this book. It covered heavy topics like racism, crime, domestic abuse, and many more without making the writing incredibly tense or dull. This is a book that changed my perspective on a lot of things, with many memorable passages/scenes that I doubt I'll forget. Some quotes in particular which really stuck with me and gave me a moment of realization include:

• "People don't want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money."
• "They're free, they've been taught how to fish, but no one will give them a fishing rod."
• "They were men first, and police second."

This collection of stories is written in a very genuine, straightforward way, almost as though Trevor was delivering the entire book as a monologue on the Daily Show. He manages to convey his mother's (tough) love and devotion to him which propelled him through his coming-of-age, and this is the main theme which weaves through the entire collection. Regardless of whether he's hustling in the hood or getting to church on minibus, his mother was a constant.

This invisible thread ties the entire book together beautifully, and the ending was especially touching. I very much enjoyed the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Racism and Rape

yaniji's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence and Alcoholism