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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
76 reviews
theotterside's review
5.0
Graphic: Blood and Gun violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence
barbarella85's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Racism, Blood, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
filipa_maia's review against another edition
4.5
I really enjoyed this book. Is so effortlessly written, almost like a conversation. The story goes back and forth with such grace and detail that the reader feels like its actually a one-on-one talk with Trevor.
Trevor as a very unique way of describing whats around him. Its a very funny, but serious way of telling us what was like to born and live being someone who does not belong. But this book is so much more that just a story about Trevor's life. Is all about a time period that changed an entire country and its people forever. Its very interesting the way this book describes such dark times through the eyes of a child and, later, with the proper interpretation of an adult. More than 30 years after the end of apartheid people still live surrounded by its "ghost"... its not there anymore but its presence is still felt.
Everyone, no matter what your race is, your age, where you are from, should read this book. We all should learn what happened during (and after) apartheid, because when we forget the past we are bound to repeat the same mistakes.
P.S.: I believe there is a quote very similar to this by a philosopher, but this is a saying that I really like.
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Police brutality, Grief, Child abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Hate crime, Gun violence, Classism, Violence, Genocide, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Excrement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
madisonfrank's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Gun violence, and Bullying
cnnr876's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
Moderate: Violence
nils_0's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy, Murder, and Kidnapping
emilymhb's review
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Blood
skilletsnail's review
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Sexual violence, Racism, Child abuse, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
Moderate: Classism, Genocide, Colonisation, and Blood
lindasoderlundd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
ecster's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Blood
Minor: Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts