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Laiton lapsi: Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah

30 reviews

nastia_abubakar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Full of jokes and humor, I love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

popiloey's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Drug use

dalek_caan's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

I feel a bit weird reviewing an autobiography, because it is the account of someones life, so most adjectives feel a bit empty to use. But what I will say is that I'm grateful to Trevor Noah for having the courage to share these pieces of himself with the world, and I feel like I learned a lot about his home country and his family.I'm very glad I read this book and would highly recommend to other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Pregnancy

sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Excrement, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Very informative, well-written and -constructed.
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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

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

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

heatherchan's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

jayfanboi's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

gkerstetter's review against another edition

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. I am an avid reader of fantasy and romance so this was outside of my comfort zone but it was done so well that I couldn’t put it down. Trevor Noah manages to talk about the effects of apartheid in a way that anyone could understand. I have already recommended this book to many people and will continue to recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Police brutality