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Prohibido nacer: Memorias de racismo, rabia y risa by Trevor Noah
215 reviews
emilymhb's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Blood
nemonobody11's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ali_k0's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
bookworm247's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
dalek_caan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Drug use, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts
rmcmillin7's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship
ladyzbyrd's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
andra_mihaela_s's review against another edition
4.5
This book was as great as I expected!
Trevor himself narrates it and it truly does add the necessary emotions! I highly recommend listening to this book!
Content Warning: the horrors of apartheid, abuse, rasism (on a whole other level than what I've read before!..both systematic and individual); police brutality, attempted murder, organised crime;etc
As beautiful this book was with it's moments about Trevor's shenanigans as a child, his first crush on a girl, the banter with his mom, Patricia, and his whole family, as heart wrenching it was when he moved to his strained relationship with his dad due to distance, the absolute appalling ways in which apartheid divided people and induced rasism in them towards others; how unfair and completely mindblowing it was to be anything but white in South Africa - from work available to you, education (don't get me started on that one...I find it disgusting how ignorant people usually blame natives or just all black people of Africa for their countries not 'progressing as it used to'...>..>); how all these affected him and how differential that can be based on skin shade and centuries of indoctrination 0_0 .
I also loved his view on what criminality means to people with and without means and how easy lines can be erased based on what options you have. The courage to speak about that...0_0..once again...amazing audiobook!
The only reason this book isn't a 5 star for me...it's the few moments in which the events change without a clear denomination...even with him reading to me, I still had a hard time figuring out that we change subjects/ events.
I highly recommend you to read this book if you want to learn a bit more about South Africa through the eyes of a child, a mixed South African child. You won't regret it!
Trevor acknowledges the small privilege he had growing up as a child of a white man, and gives such a depth and needed context why he is the way he is, why comedy is such an important part of his life and more or less, he gives you, the reader, basis in understanding his material...as you find out so much more than a basic story about some celebrity!
Enjoy
Graphic: Alcoholism, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
navyredrose's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Colonisation
lindasoderlundd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Pregnancy