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empathephant's review against another edition
4.0
I think what another review said is a perfect description: "I...admired how he [told] his story as it is. He had every chance to glorify the life he lived in South Africa and he did not. To me, it was more like he wrote the book to shed light on the circumstances that kids like him grew up in rather than talk about his own life."
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, and Slavery
The last chapter contains the most graphic descriptions of violence.milliebrierley's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Slavery
befreckledbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Just wow.
This book was absolutely amazing.
I’m not a huge nonfiction reader, but I love Trevor’s comedy specials and I’d heard good things about his book, so I picked it up from my school library.
He’s a mama’s boy, but not in the way where he’s thirty-something and living in his mom’s basement. Their relationship is like Lorelai and Rory from Gilmore Girls, kind of. They fight and yell at each other, but in the end, they love each other and can always make each other laugh.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Racism
whattaylorreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
adoras's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Vomit, and Xenophobia
Minor: Antisemitism, Drug use, and Rape
emakay's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery
shannonxvx's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Racism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Cursing
Minor: Excrement, Animal death, and Antisemitism
grei's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know a better way to describe this book, it is absolutely an amazing read that defies categorization, other than to say it is the story of Trevor Noah growing up as the son of a black mother and white father during apartheid, when it was illegal to have such a child.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Violence
If you want to skip the part about excrement, once Trevor starts talking about needing to go to the bathroom just skip to the end of the chapter. The last few paragraphs provide enough context and a good punchline for you to skip all the graphic detail and embarrassment of it.