Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

85 reviews

jessicayoungdesigner's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

The fact that Trevor Noah can come from such a rough past and have faced so many challenges and heartbreak and still be such an optimistic, funny person is a huge testament to his own character and his mother's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

kelseyrodgers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content

lauraeerika's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

grei's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

So, so worth anyone's time if you can read it. Even if you don't get the audiobook you can hear him telling the story in your head.

I don't know a better way to describe this book, it is absolutely an amazing read that defies categorization, other than to say it is the story of Trevor Noah growing up as the son of a black mother and white father during apartheid, when it was illegal to have such a child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Violence

If you want to skip the part about excrement, once Trevor starts talking about needing to go to the bathroom just skip to the end of the chapter. The last few paragraphs provide enough context and a good punchline for you to skip all the graphic detail and embarrassment of it.

annavonwillingh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Violence