Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, Jens Rösener

212 reviews

lizetteratura's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Violence

Minor: Slavery

thesvnthsense's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

flo1993's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Let me tell you Trevor has a fun, and intriguing way of telling his life story. Almost every chapter I read was comical especially the newspaper and poop part.

Many women go through what Trevor's mum experienced. We always want to see the good in someone, we always want to make them better. Its sad to see how patriachal the African society is especially when it comes to GBV. A huge lesson to women that first slap/kick/punch is a doorway to many more and eventually death. Walk away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism

squeakypeach's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

cor_vus's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

remindmetoread's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

 This was a beautifully written from Trevor Noah's perspective and wasn't just a recall of his life but of South Africa during apartheid. His accounts of his childhood were so funny. The way he used humor really helped to push the story and really drive home the more serious moments and history. I felt like I was getting primary source information and this is a great book to start if you want to learn more about apartheid, race, class. Trevor's upbringing is mostly spearheaded by his mom in his childhood, but i was disappointed to see that mention of his success, what he's mostly known for is barely a paragraph in this book. He mentions choosing to focus on comedy, he mentions how he was the funny guy in school, he mentions traveling all over Africa and Europe for comedy opportunities, but that's it and I was really disappointed with that. So if you're going into the book, wanting his Hollywood story, you're not going to get it. This is strictly about his time in South Africa. And it's also an ode to his mother. The way he loves her is woven throughout the book, which is beautiful up till the end. The memoir isn't chronological exactly. He bounces from different time periods but he doesn't tell you the time other than his age at times. Which I'm not a fan of. This book reads more like essays, which I'm now seeing the full title is "Stories from a South African Childhood", so all my quips are from my own lack of foresight. Speaking of the title, it grabs you right in. I loved the ending. It was absolutely incredible but I need a book 2. 

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Content Warnings

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

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

courtneyboehmler's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Violence

booksbri's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence