Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

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

33 reviews

a_picky_reader's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Excrement

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

linnylionheart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Pregnancy

Others: minors consuming alcohol

hollydyer328's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

What a book! I’m speechless! The stories are unreal but told with humor that was cathartic. Whether or not you’re a Trevor Noah fan, you have to read this book. I’m so glad he shared his stories with the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Excrement, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death and Gore

whatsmacksaid's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Excrement, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism and Physical abuse

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

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

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

ethrbo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Alcohol

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

An interesting book about growing up in South Africa before and after the end of Apartheid.. I could never imagine that Noah went through so much on his life; enough to break him, but he managed to step away, and that's remarkable. 
There was a lot of going back and forth in time that made it hard(er) to follow and gave a feeling of being a tad inconsistent. Not bad, just not great... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail