Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah

17 reviews

eleonorehilbig's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

i would definately recommend the audiobook for this. 
the flow of the book was amazing and patricia (his mother) absolutely stole the show. 
the story is told with insight, care and compassion. 
truly amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

sedgewren's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

A memoir that is wittily written, shows what life was like in post-Apartheid South Africa, and tackles difficult subjects like racism, domestic abuse, and poverty with an empathetic but sharp sense of humour. Enjoyable, and Trevor Noah's narration makes it even more so.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism

itsjadenbaby's review

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: 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

elybakouche's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I’d give this book a 10/5 if I could. It was an absolute delight to listen to, funny and deep. It’s incredible to hear Trevor Noah’s stories with different accents and the way he gives life to the characters of his upbringing is really fun. This book is also, without pretending to or maybe even without aspiring to be, one of the strongest cases for anti-racism and feminism I’ve read. An absolute must-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

mayze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Great autobiography, Trevor Noah is able to fit serious topics such as

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abuse, attempted murder, sexual violence

as well being able to tell funny stories without derailing the tone of the book.

This book (along with 'A long Walk to Freedom') has given me a tremendous insight into (Post) Apartheid South Africa and I strongly recommend even if your not a fan of the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, Sexism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Gun violence

readingduckling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Super interesting and well written book, it was incredibly emotionally engaging and I laughed and cryed a lot during this book. And I think I learned a lot as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Racism

jnl00700's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Bullying, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Alcohol, Cursing, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death

diananat's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Rape

Minor: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

booksbymlv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

An honest and reflective book on pieces of Trevor Noah's youth. You can tell there's more stories than there are written, but he beautifully tells it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

kenziewol's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence