Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Laiton lapsi - Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah

78 reviews

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Not many books have the power to make me grin openly, laugh out loud, or choke/tear up. This one did. Trevor Noah's coming-of-age love letter to his mother jumped from story to story of his youth. Some were amusing, some were absurd, and others were downright tragic. All of them, though, masterfully combined comedy with reflection and made cultural and political South African concepts easy for a foreign reader to understand. The cast of characters is vibrant and made three-dimensional with only a few well-thought-out phrases. I wish it had not taken me so long to read this book; I feel that I am a more learned person now, and appreciate my own family all the more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty and Antisemitism

melancholymegs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

I don’t rate auto/biographies anymore but i would HIGHLY recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

narbine's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

Loved the audiobook and hearing him narrate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Blood, and Animal death

cayleyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

marie's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

diananat's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Rape

Minor: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

graceless_grace's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, and Pregnancy

leoniefnk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

bexi's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

shebke_21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Racism