Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Laiton lapsi - Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah

78 reviews

breadwitchery's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Animal death, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Death, Violence, Misogyny, Excrement, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Slavery, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Rape

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, and Colonisation

rubini_veditha's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying

purplelake's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Just wow. Born a Crime might be the best book I’ve read in the last couple years.
While novel centers around Noah’s childhood in South Africa, he and his mother are a binary star system, revolving around each other. The amount of respect Noah has for his mother, for all her strengths and weaknesses, charms and faults, is apparent in every word. And Noah’s mother is truly an incredible woman, providing wisdom and opportunity even during apartheid.
The story unfolds through witty vignettes, weaving the timeline back and forth, both non-sequential and somehow the way Noah’s tale is best told. Noah’s candid and irreverent voice is what truly puts this book over the top, guiding his audience through the race struggle of post-apartheid South Africa with grace and humor.
It comes as no surprise that Born a Crime is a comedic masterpiece, but it is the heart of the novel that makes it worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Excrement, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Suicide

ekmook's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, and Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

remy_licked_my_book's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

This is hands down the best book I've read this year. This book should be read by everyone. I loved that it was a mix of personal stories of growing up in apartheid south Africa as well as the history of apartheid. This is truly an homage to Trevor's incredibly resilient mother who raises him as a single mom for a lot of his life. Trevor presents the facts without it feeling too traumatic. What I mean is that he manages to tell these stories in a way that make it so anyone can read it without becoming too triggered by anything.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship

juph's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

tinana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

dorakathryn's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Racism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Blood, and Mental illness