Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

76 reviews

mushureads44's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Colonisation, and War

nrogers_1030's review

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Bullying, Colonisation, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Confinement

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

jacquy's review

emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Blood and Child abuse

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Animal cruelty

sabrina_d_arcy's review

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Excrement

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging reflective

4.0

Born a Crime is a memoir that takes you on an emotional journey. Trevor Noah is very charismatic and that carries through even the most brutal parts.

The book doesn't expect you to come into it with thorough knowledge of Apartheid and the cultural groups in South Africa. 

I left this wanting more. Wanting the follow up that explains more about his career. Even more so I want his mother's story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Racism

jht5791's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Blood, Racism, Misogyny, Confinement, Bullying, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

sedgewren's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

A memoir that is wittily written, shows what life was like in post-Apartheid South Africa, and tackles difficult subjects like racism, domestic abuse, and poverty with an empathetic but sharp sense of humour. Enjoyable, and Trevor Noah's narration makes it even more so.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism

fearsome_to_behold's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

I have so much respect and admiration for this man. I think of this book as a love letter to his mom; but it’s also layered in that aspect, because Trevor’s integrity, good nature, and roaring success as a man and comedian are themselves a testament to his mother’s character. And I have fallen in love with both him and her, listening to their stories.

I highly recommend the Audible audiobook read by him! He is obviously and excellent comedian: the accents, voices, and delivery were a PERFECT vehicle for his powerful content. 

The book tackles some of the heaviest topics out there, through hilarious real life stories, with lighthearted dialogue and relatable narration. I am honored to have been let into his life in this way. Trevor Noah deserves every ounce of success he has earned. 

My only reproach for this book is I wish there were more of it for me to consume <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Racism

dianafisx's review

emotional funny informative reflective

5.0

one of the best books i’ve ever read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Racism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

A heart wrenching story with his classic sense of humor. I really appreciated this story as it felt incredibly real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Gore

Minor: Suicidal thoughts