Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

76 reviews

noahsingh's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Bullying, Stalking, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Addiction, Animal death, Medical content, Confinement, Classism, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery and Suicidal thoughts

kkopacetic's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

minanonim's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

peachythi_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

The book itself is not linear in its story telling. As the quote on the book says “ It is a series of personal essays.” Trevor Noah’s life is so much more complicated and fascinating then I could have ever imagined. His ideas on race, gender, and hierarchical systems are incredible. He has such nuanced thoughts and ideas and he manages to write about his mother in such a beautiful way I actually cried. I would so I was shocked that such a hilarious person had such a difficult and traumatic childhood but that is probably the reason why he is so funny. His life has given him such a complex outlook on the world and loved reading more on his personal thoughts in this novel. It is exciting, and moving, and addresses so many cultural and social issues that he has personally come across. It is also extremely gritty, and honest. I love the fact that his comedy career and eventual rise to fame was not at all a subject of this book. Barely even a passing comment. They truly are stories of a South African Childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death and Sexism

dianakamau's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Animal death, and Alcoholism

allapaz's review against another edition

3.5

I realize I'm in the minority on this, but this one didn't blow me away as far as memoirs go. It is an EXCELLENT discussion and depiction of real life in South Africa post-apartheid, and the parts that got real were really really good. What lost me in parts was Trevor Noah's humor in some places, and the jumping around in the timeline. I found it hard to keep track of what happened when when we'd get entirely new information/context like 3 chapters later. That last chapter about his mom though was 5000/5 stars

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

enbeefinery's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

“The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Apartheid kept me away from my father because he was white, but for almost all the kids I knew on my grandmother’s block in Soweto, apartheid had taken away their fathers as well, just for different reasons. Their fathers were off working in a mine somewhere, able to come home only during the holidays. Their fathers had been sent to prison. Their fathers were in exile, fighting for the cause. Women held the community together.”

one of the most quotable books i’ve ever read. witty (yes, can’t believe i’m calling a book -mostly- about apartheid witty), challenging, and eye-opening. i love it when books point out  my ignorance and teach me things i’d never before thought about learning. the only reason i’m not giving this book 5 stars is the couple of paragraphs about women and pornography during the author’s teenage years, guess i’d been away from works written by cis men for too long. a must-read.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty

nils_0's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Slavery, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Murder, and Kidnapping

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

leojpeg's review against another edition

5.0

a very moving book and quite a tough read at some points, an important book to read for those far removed from this life. Noahs story telling is incredibly direct and matter of fact no matter how seemingly extraordinary the circumstances it seems he's describing, giving the reader a much better understanding of just how normal these situations were and still are for some people. Really good book, definitely recommend,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape and Slavery