Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

57 reviews

dalek_caan's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

I feel a bit weird reviewing an autobiography, because it is the account of someones life, so most adjectives feel a bit empty to use. But what I will say is that I'm grateful to Trevor Noah for having the courage to share these pieces of himself with the world, and I feel like I learned a lot about his home country and his family.I'm very glad I read this book and would highly recommend to other readers.

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Content Warnings

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

ladyzbyrd's review against another edition

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

5.0

This book has so much heart! Sure, it’s written by a comedian, but don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s a comedic book. This was history and truth and love and trial and struggle - so, so much of everything - wrapped up in - a lot.

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Content Warnings

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

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition

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

eleonorehilbig's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

i would definately recommend the audiobook for this. 
the flow of the book was amazing and patricia (his mother) absolutely stole the show. 
the story is told with insight, care and compassion. 
truly amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

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

zazreads's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

kotroby's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was an amazing and inspiring memoir, the story of a childhood and a family, of racism, colonialism,  domestic abuse and faith. This and so much more. I’ll admit I haven’t watched the show trevor noah is on but I have heard of him and knew him as simply a famous guy, the backstory of his life is incredible and rich in culture and love. Some stories here might be disturbing to some people, and yes the truth is upsetting, but I believe everyone should read this book to gain a lot of insight and knowledge into the rich culture of south africa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

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