Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

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

28 reviews

ruffian23's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Excrement, Rape, and Sexual assault

124smilehd's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

It was an interesting read about Trevor's life. I came to see just how eventful and downright tragic his life was over the years and was even more inspiring to see how his mother's influence prevented him from taking all that hurt and going down a dark path. I could never have imagined the amount of trauma this man has endured, yet still, manage to be the funny guy I knew him as before starting the book. There are of course some weak parts, specifically the poop chapter, but they are easily overshadowed by the stories involving Patricia Noah. She was by far the best part of the book and I was always looking forward to reading about her. In fact, if she were to write her own book or if Noah were to write a book for her I would buy it in a heartbeat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexism, and Xenophobia

cornustella's review

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

sammyb's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Excrement, Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

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

delaneysue's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Colonisation, Classism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, and Antisemitism

graceless_grace's review

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, and Pregnancy

horizonous's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Medical content, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Racial slurs

breadwitchery's review

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

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