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voicenextdoor's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Classism
bluenarcissa's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Police brutality
ashleycmms's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Police brutality
Minor: Sexual violence and Medical content
ingabbjarna's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
noahsingh's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Rape, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Classism
Minor: Slavery and Suicidal thoughts
theotterside's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism
filipa_maia's review against another edition
4.5
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.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
itsliterarycait's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Rape and Suicide attempt
khaleesiofthegreatwhitenorth's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Racial slurs and Slavery
jacob_dion's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation