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Glæpur við fæðingu by Trevor Noah, Helga Soffía Einarsdóttir

132 reviews

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

navyredrose's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Colonisation

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

sedgewren's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

A memoir that is wittily written, shows what life was like in post-Apartheid South Africa, and tackles difficult subjects like racism, domestic abuse, and poverty with an empathetic but sharp sense of humour. Enjoyable, and Trevor Noah's narration makes it even more so.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racism

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I went through a lot of emotions reading this. I learned a lot because honestly I had to clue about the partides in South Africa so it was really interesting to learn about that and it made me mad. I also laughed a lot. Trevor. Noah is a wonderful narrator. This also made me cry which I wasn’t expecting. I really liked learning about his mother and what a strong woman she is. That was probably my favorite part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Racism

shannonleestrouse's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

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