Reviews tagging Sexism

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah

20 reviews

applesaucecreachur's review

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

jnl00700's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Bullying, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Alcohol, Cursing, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death

imaginethehours's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual content

diananat's review

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

wardeh_m's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexism, and Misogyny

cblunier's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

pinkgoblin's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

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

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

seyermk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexism, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery and Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

no spoilers, but there are mentions of the things i tagged as well as others like bullying, racism, etc. as these are real things trevor noah experienced. nothing too detailed to where it was traumatic for me, but just be aware!