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breadwitchery's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Fatphobia, Genocide, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Antisemitism, and Pregnancy
purplelake's review against another edition
5.0
While novel centers around Noah’s childhood in South Africa, he and his mother are a binary star system, revolving around each other. The amount of respect Noah has for his mother, for all her strengths and weaknesses, charms and faults, is apparent in every word. And Noah’s mother is truly an incredible woman, providing wisdom and opportunity even during apartheid.
The story unfolds through witty vignettes, weaving the timeline back and forth, both non-sequential and somehow the way Noah’s tale is best told. Noah’s candid and irreverent voice is what truly puts this book over the top, guiding his audience through the race struggle of post-apartheid South Africa with grace and humor.
It comes as no surprise that Born a Crime is a comedic masterpiece, but it is the heart of the novel that makes it worth the read.
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, and Medical content
emberlesage's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
chapterchristine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence and Violence
adoras's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Police brutality
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Xenophobia, and Vomit
Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Antisemitism
kelseyrodgers's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Medical content
grei's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know a better way to describe this book, it is absolutely an amazing read that defies categorization, other than to say it is the story of Trevor Noah growing up as the son of a black mother and white father during apartheid, when it was illegal to have such a child.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood
If you want to skip the part about excrement, once Trevor starts talking about needing to go to the bathroom just skip to the end of the chapter. The last few paragraphs provide enough context and a good punchline for you to skip all the graphic detail and embarrassment of it.annavonwillingh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, and Grief