Reviews tagging Colonisation

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

19 reviews

livelyghost's review

dark emotional informative fast-paced

4.25

An exceptional memoir. I learned so much more about the historical and cultural contexts of Trevor Noah‘s life than I would have expected and his additions really enhanced the stories he presented. I was shocked at the level of nuance he presented for stories that had happened even when he was very young. Heartbreaking, funny, ridiculous, real. I would recommend this over and over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Racism, Child abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

space_bandit's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal death, Colonisation, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Rape

melancholymegan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

I don’t rate auto/biographies anymore but i would HIGHLY recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

heidipolkissa82's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Racism

leweylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

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

narbine's review

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

Loved the audiobook and hearing him narrate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage , Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Blood, and Animal death

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

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

madlyscout's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence