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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
30 reviews
alisonannk's review against another edition
5.0
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
zathuriel's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
nicdic's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Classism, Violence, and Slavery
Minor: Animal cruelty
ressicajicks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Slavery, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Racism
miggyfool's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Blood, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Misogyny
smsegal's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Gun violence
peachythi_books's review against another edition
4.0
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
allapaz's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Racism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
clarabooksit's review
3.5
Noah is clever, nerdy and funny and this memoir showcases that. His love of South Africa, where he came from and his mother are apparent on every page, even as he’a cracking jokes about them. I especially enjoyed learning a lot about South Africa.
Where the book let me down is in its lack of emotional resonance. That and it was very obviously written for a U.S. American audience, which felt confining even if I’m a part of that audience.
Noah has lived a fascinating life full of sticky, incredible and awful moments, but his voice remains distant like the person at a party who tells wild and traumatic stories for laughs without registering how deeply personal they are. While there’s a great deal of reflection in the book, it all felt anecdotal to me. The format of the book also makes every story feel like a lesson and that didn’t quite work for me.
To be fair, that may be more of a reflection on me than the book. I did like it: it’s zippy, I learned a lot, it made me laugh and at the very end, it made me cry. But it didn’t thrill me. Would still recommend.
Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Excrement, Police brutality, and Slavery
Minor: Animal cruelty and Rape
nemonobody11's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Child abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship