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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
90 reviews
bookworm247's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Medical content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
dalek_caan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Gore
rmcmillin7's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, and Gun violence
ladyzbyrd's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Cursing, Violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Physical abuse
andra_mihaela_s's review against another edition
4.5
This book was as great as I expected!
Trevor himself narrates it and it truly does add the necessary emotions! I highly recommend listening to this book!
Content Warning: the horrors of apartheid, abuse, rasism (on a whole other level than what I've read before!..both systematic and individual); police brutality, attempted murder, organised crime;etc
As beautiful this book was with it's moments about Trevor's shenanigans as a child, his first crush on a girl, the banter with his mom, Patricia, and his whole family, as heart wrenching it was when he moved to his strained relationship with his dad due to distance, the absolute appalling ways in which apartheid divided people and induced rasism in them towards others; how unfair and completely mindblowing it was to be anything but white in South Africa - from work available to you, education (don't get me started on that one...I find it disgusting how ignorant people usually blame natives or just all black people of Africa for their countries not 'progressing as it used to'...>..>); how all these affected him and how differential that can be based on skin shade and centuries of indoctrination 0_0 .
I also loved his view on what criminality means to people with and without means and how easy lines can be erased based on what options you have. The courage to speak about that...0_0..once again...amazing audiobook!
The only reason this book isn't a 5 star for me...it's the few moments in which the events change without a clear denomination...even with him reading to me, I still had a hard time figuring out that we change subjects/ events.
I highly recommend you to read this book if you want to learn a bit more about South Africa through the eyes of a child, a mixed South African child. You won't regret it!
Trevor acknowledges the small privilege he had growing up as a child of a white man, and gives such a depth and needed context why he is the way he is, why comedy is such an important part of his life and more or less, he gives you, the reader, basis in understanding his material...as you find out so much more than a basic story about some celebrity!
Enjoy
Graphic: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Murder, Genocide, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Violence, Slavery, and Sexism
Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
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
mushureads44's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Racism, and Blood
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Colonisation, and War
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
5.0
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 against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Addiction
Moderate: Blood and Child abuse
Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Animal cruelty