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

5.0

I went in expecting a standard comedian's memoir — funny childhood stories, awkward teenage years, how-I-got-where-I-am-now kind of stuff — but this was so much more than that. It was often very funny (I was definitely laughing out loud on the bus in a few places), but there were also very serious, heartfelt parts, and more than a little history and cultural analysis for those of us (I'm guessing most Americans) who aren't super well-versed in South African history. It's a perspective you don't often get in American pop culture, and definitely eye-opening. So if you like your amusing anecdotes to have a little more meat on their bones than your standard celebrity puff, this is definitely the book for you.