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

63 reviews

amelody's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Classism, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, and Medical content

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Hate crime, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

litliz's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal death, Body horror, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Grief, Stalking, Mental illness, Infertility, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Colonisation

readwith_e's review

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

j_c_a's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

alisonannk's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Physical abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Genocide, Kidnapping, and Addiction

bookishchelle's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Snippets of Trevor Noah's life in South Africa as mixed children before & after the apartheid. Funny, emotional, and filled with little bits of information about what it is like living as mixed child and the differences of rights of his mother, African and his father who is white.  We also get a look at how his mother survived an abusive relationship with his half-brother's father. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

maddiearthur's review against another edition

emotional funny informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Gun violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Blood and Antisemitism

Minor: Rape

kiwichill's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was one of the best memoirs I have ever read.  I have never seen Trevor Noah on TV, I'd never heard of him.  I just kept seeing this book come up in Facebook groups etc.  At times shocking and disturbing,  other times humorous,  it opened my eyes to what life is like in South Africa, both during apartheid and after.  Poverty, domestic violence, crime, racism and government laws that support these ideals are a way of life over there. Noah's mother must be commended for the strength of character and resilience she displays.  I recommend listening to the audiobook as it is excellent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cursing, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Colonisation, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

tayrod4594's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This memoir is absolutely stunning. It's an unflinching, honest portrait of South Africa, of how the various influences might combine to create a man whose greatest quality is his empathy. He makes no bones about the harsh realities of poverty, racism, domestic abuse, and crime; however, he doesn't position himself or his loved ones as victims or martyrs. It's simply the reality, and humor and hope are an ever-present thread weaving together his history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Blood, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Addiction, Sexism, Car accident, and Child abuse