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Laiton lapsi: Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah
22 reviews
saskiahill's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism
Minor: Murder
clarabooksit's review against another edition
3.5
Noah is clever, nerdy and funny and this memoir showcases that. His love of South Africa, where he came from and his mother are apparent on every page, even as he’a cracking jokes about them. I especially enjoyed learning a lot about South Africa.
Where the book let me down is in its lack of emotional resonance. That and it was very obviously written for a U.S. American audience, which felt confining even if I’m a part of that audience.
Noah has lived a fascinating life full of sticky, incredible and awful moments, but his voice remains distant like the person at a party who tells wild and traumatic stories for laughs without registering how deeply personal they are. While there’s a great deal of reflection in the book, it all felt anecdotal to me. The format of the book also makes every story feel like a lesson and that didn’t quite work for me.
To be fair, that may be more of a reflection on me than the book. I did like it: it’s zippy, I learned a lot, it made me laugh and at the very end, it made me cry. But it didn’t thrill me. Would still recommend.
Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Excrement, Police brutality, and Slavery
Minor: Animal cruelty and Rape
nastia_abubakar's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse
popiloey's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Drug use
dalek_caan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Gore
lindasoderlundd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Police brutality
Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Excrement
beatriks's review against another edition
4.75
I didn’t know much about South Africa and the details of apartheid. Really insightful.
Would recommend this to anybody, I don’t even know Trevor Noah’s comedic work.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
itsjadenbaby's review against another edition
4.0
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
heatherchan's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Classism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse
Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism