Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

45 reviews

remindmetoread's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

 This was a beautifully written from Trevor Noah's perspective and wasn't just a recall of his life but of South Africa during apartheid. His accounts of his childhood were so funny. The way he used humor really helped to push the story and really drive home the more serious moments and history. I felt like I was getting primary source information and this is a great book to start if you want to learn more about apartheid, race, class. Trevor's upbringing is mostly spearheaded by his mom in his childhood, but i was disappointed to see that mention of his success, what he's mostly known for is barely a paragraph in this book. He mentions choosing to focus on comedy, he mentions how he was the funny guy in school, he mentions traveling all over Africa and Europe for comedy opportunities, but that's it and I was really disappointed with that. So if you're going into the book, wanting his Hollywood story, you're not going to get it. This is strictly about his time in South Africa. And it's also an ode to his mother. The way he loves her is woven throughout the book, which is beautiful up till the end. The memoir isn't chronological exactly. He bounces from different time periods but he doesn't tell you the time other than his age at times. Which I'm not a fan of. This book reads more like essays, which I'm now seeing the full title is "Stories from a South African Childhood", so all my quips are from my own lack of foresight. Speaking of the title, it grabs you right in. I loved the ending. It was absolutely incredible but I need a book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Violence

sarahb919's review against another edition

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

4.75

Really interesting book but a challenging read. Challenges a lot of preconceptions I had about South Africa and its people. Glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

tehstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

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

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.

cmc027's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Physical abuse

alisonannk's review against another edition

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

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