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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

306 reviews

gwenswoons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Liked this a lot - lots of beautiful storytelling, tons of deep history about South African apartheid told in really personal ways, and an unusual balance of comedy and vivid, traumatic, clear information that Trevor Noah does so well. The structure, for me, wasn’t totally successful - I think the word “Stories” in the title is key, and it’s definitely built more like vignettes - to my reading, it was often not entirely successful from the extent of the non-sequitur - than like a traditional memoir (I’m not a major memoir reader anyway, so I was ok with this! But the timeline leaps and unrelated stories sometimes felt like they could have been built into a slightly more effective arc). I listened on audio, and can’t recommend it enough - he’s obviously such a great narrator, so funny, so inflected and beautiful (and, so amazing hearing him switch between different languages in different stories - I loved!!). Can’t imagine reading this NOT on audio! I’ll def read more of his books as he writes them 💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Medical content, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexism, Stalking, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

brown_nat's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abandonment and Gun violence

samanthaleeshea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Blood, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

elyssajoh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

5.0

An amazing read. Noah's book is a brutally honest depiction that doesn't shy away from raw topics and experiences. An ode to his incredible mother, Noah's narrative is engaging and reflective.  Political events, race, oppression, family violence and abuse are all laid out in his wry and honest way of writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

miranda_graham's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

5.0

Trevor Noah is an excellent story teller, evidently a talent you have or quickly build up as a comedian. This book is written in piece-wise stories so you can read one chapter, then pause and reflect before moving on to the next. There’s a lot of dark and graphic content, and there are many content warnings for this book. None of it was ever written to shock the reader but it is matter-of-fact as he talks about his childhood and early life. Even if you don’t know or enjoy his comedy, Trevor Noah’s book gives a lot of insight into how race and the aftermath of apartheid play into recent- and modern-day Africa. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

zoegupta's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Drug use, Addiction, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Animal death, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

cristinavisu's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

nicdic's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Classism, Violence, and Slavery

Minor: Animal cruelty