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Glæpur við fæðingu by Trevor Noah, Helga Soffía Einarsdóttir

132 reviews

spellygirl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Slavery, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Minor: Murder

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

theotterside's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

An interesting book about growing up in South Africa before and after the end of Apartheid.. I could never imagine that Noah went through so much on his life; enough to break him, but he managed to step away, and that's remarkable. 
There was a lot of going back and forth in time that made it hard(er) to follow and gave a feeling of being a tad inconsistent. Not bad, just not great... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, and Misogyny

smsegal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Gun violence

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

librabby's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I'm such a huge fan of Trevor Noah and this book was on my TBR list for so long... I was really excited about this read. I'm usually not a fan of autobiographies (biographies in general) but I could not pass this one.

I really enjoyed this book. Is so effortlessly written, almost like a conversation.  The story goes back and forth with such grace and detail that the reader feels like its actually a one-on-one talk with Trevor.

Trevor as a very unique way of describing whats around him. Its a very funny, but serious way of telling us what was like to born and live being someone who does not belong. But this book is so much more that just a story about Trevor's life. Is all about a time period that changed an entire country and its people forever. Its very interesting the way this book describes such dark times through the eyes of a child and, later, with the proper interpretation of an adult. More than 30 years after the end of apartheid people still live surrounded by its "ghost"... its not there anymore but its presence is still felt.

Everyone, no matter what your race is, your age, where you are from, should read this book. We all should learn what happened during (and after) apartheid, because when we forget the past we are bound to repeat the same mistakes.

P.S.: I believe there is a quote very similar to this by a philosopher, but this is a saying that I really like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Police brutality, Grief, Child abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Hate crime, Gun violence, Classism, Violence, Genocide, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Excrement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

madisonfrank's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Gun violence, and Bullying