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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
7 reviews
sarahb919's review against another edition
4.75
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
4.0
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 alcoholtorturedreadersdept's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Colonisation
gwenswoons's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
miggyfool's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
purplelake's review
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
befreckledbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Just wow.
This book was absolutely amazing.
I’m not a huge nonfiction reader, but I love Trevor’s comedy specials and I’d heard good things about his book, so I picked it up from my school library.
He’s a mama’s boy, but not in the way where he’s thirty-something and living in his mom’s basement. Their relationship is like Lorelai and Rory from Gilmore Girls, kind of. They fight and yell at each other, but in the end, they love each other and can always make each other laugh.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, and Medical content