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

196 reviews

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

astridmalmhester's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Xenophobia and Child abuse

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Child abuse

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Animal cruelty

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

padawan17's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Very informative, well-written and -constructed.
I didn’t know much about South Africa and the details of apartheid. Really insightful. 

Would recommend this to anybody, I don’t even know Trevor Noah’s comedic work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging reflective

4.0

Born a Crime is a memoir that takes you on an emotional journey. Trevor Noah is very charismatic and that carries through even the most brutal parts.

The book doesn't expect you to come into it with thorough knowledge of Apartheid and the cultural groups in South Africa. 

I left this wanting more. Wanting the follow up that explains more about his career. Even more so I want his mother's story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Racism

hjhenderson's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcoholism