Reviews tagging 'Death'

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, Jens Rösener

19 reviews

schlavina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.25

While reading the book, I often didn't want to continue because there wasn't a proer plot it followed; not so much suspense. Therefore my motivation to continue reading was limited - especially because I had to read this book for school. 
But in the end I was positively surprised. It's great to learn more about apartheid and everything that was going on there. Due to the fact that it is from Trevor Noah's POV, it's not in a matter-of-fact way but more comprehensible and easy to follow. 
Overall I think I will remember this book and think about it every now and then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Drug abuse

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

chrezn's review against another edition

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

5.0

a fun rollercoaster 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

alisonannk's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Genocide, and Kidnapping

gwenswoons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Liked this a lot - lots of beautiful storytelling, tons of deep history about South African apartheid told in really personal ways, and an unusual balance of comedy and vivid, traumatic, clear information that Trevor Noah does so well. The structure, for me, wasn’t totally successful - I think the word “Stories” in the title is key, and it’s definitely built more like vignettes - to my reading, it was often not entirely successful from the extent of the non-sequitur - than like a traditional memoir (I’m not a major memoir reader anyway, so I was ok with this! But the timeline leaps and unrelated stories sometimes felt like they could have been built into a slightly more effective arc). I listened on audio, and can’t recommend it enough - he’s obviously such a great narrator, so funny, so inflected and beautiful (and, so amazing hearing him switch between different languages in different stories - I loved!!). Can’t imagine reading this NOT on audio! I’ll def read more of his books as he writes them 💜

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Content Warnings

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

elyssajoh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

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

jenn_jean's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a great listen. I got to hear what South Africa was like (as much as I can) during apartheid and after. I’m glad it was part of the Reading Around the World Challenge from StoryGraph, it makes me want to learn more about it as well as other African countries. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, and War

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Alcohol, and Classism