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Glæpur við fæðingu by Trevor Noah, Helga Soffía Einarsdóttir

71 reviews

jstarshine16's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racial slurs, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Medical content, Colonisation, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

kchantry's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Animal death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Colonisation, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Toxic friendship

whatsmacksaid's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Excrement, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Animal death, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism and Physical abuse

bisonprints's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Bullying, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

kirst_b's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Hate crime

amelody's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Classism, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, and Medical content

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Hate crime, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

alisonannk's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Cultural appropriation, Physical abuse, Animal death, Alcoholism, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Genocide, Kidnapping, and Addiction

kiwichill's review against another edition

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

5.0

This was one of the best memoirs I have ever read.  I have never seen Trevor Noah on TV, I'd never heard of him.  I just kept seeing this book come up in Facebook groups etc.  At times shocking and disturbing,  other times humorous,  it opened my eyes to what life is like in South Africa, both during apartheid and after.  Poverty, domestic violence, crime, racism and government laws that support these ideals are a way of life over there. Noah's mother must be commended for the strength of character and resilience she displays.  I recommend listening to the audiobook as it is excellent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cursing, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Colonisation, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

tayrod4594's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This memoir is absolutely stunning. It's an unflinching, honest portrait of South Africa, of how the various influences might combine to create a man whose greatest quality is his empathy. He makes no bones about the harsh realities of poverty, racism, domestic abuse, and crime; however, he doesn't position himself or his loved ones as victims or martyrs. It's simply the reality, and humor and hope are an ever-present thread weaving together his history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Blood, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Addiction, Sexism, Car accident, and Child abuse