Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Laiton lapsi - Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah

186 reviews

sidal's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal death, Body horror, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Grief, Stalking, Mental illness, Infertility, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Colonisation

nanjeahug's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexism, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Colonisation, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Slavery, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Despite the warnings it is a good read as it is things we should know especially as a white person.

kshea1's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gun violence and Alcoholism

swjessie10's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This book is as so well written. It was hard to out down. It was entertaining and funny. I learned so much about life during and after Apartheid. Trevor’s story is especially unique because he is mixed. He shared about his struggles growing up mixed, without his dad, his mom’s faith in God, an abusive step father, being poor, moving and changing schools multiple times, surviving from his different jobs, friendships, and various family dynamics of immediate and extended family. You really felt part of the story. I was cheering Trevor and his mom along the whole time. Wishing the best for them and amazed at how they scraped by through hard times. 
The boom has some language but I would recommend everyone read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Gun violence

els4lp's review against another edition

5.0

read the Finnish translation by Jaana Iso-Markku

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Colonisation, Bullying, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Slavery

lanayagraham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This is an absolute MUST READ. It was honest, funny, hearbreaking, interesting and easy to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Excrement, Cursing, Sexism, Racism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Colonisation, Misogyny, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, and Grief

alisonannk's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Genocide, Kidnapping, and Addiction

bookishchelle's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Snippets of Trevor Noah's life in South Africa as mixed children before & after the apartheid. Funny, emotional, and filled with little bits of information about what it is like living as mixed child and the differences of rights of his mother, African and his father who is white.  We also get a look at how his mother survived an abusive relationship with his half-brother's father. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma