Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

50 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

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

cgswan's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Racism

Minor: Gun violence

els4lp's review against another edition

5.0

read the Finnish translation by Jaana Iso-Markku

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

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

maddiearthur's review against another edition

emotional funny informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Antisemitism

Minor: Rape

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was one of the best memoirs I have ever read.  I have never seen Trevor Noah on TV, I'd never heard of him.  I just kept seeing this book come up in Facebook groups etc.  At times shocking and disturbing,  other times humorous,  it opened my eyes to what life is like in South Africa, both during apartheid and after.  Poverty, domestic violence, crime, racism and government laws that support these ideals are a way of life over there. Noah's mother must be commended for the strength of character and resilience she displays.  I recommend listening to the audiobook as it is excellent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

elyssajoh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

mugsandmanuscripts's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Violence, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual violence

melissabristol's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

Brings incredible joy and humor to a tale containing smoke hardship. A remarkable storyteller and writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Colonisation

madisonfrank's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism