Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

117 reviews

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

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

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

mugsandmanuscripts's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual violence

ressicajicks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Yeah okay survivor of an abusive alcoholic stepfather figure take my 5 star rating. I finished this book sobbing

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Content Warnings

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

norcalchris's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.75

Well written and performed (audiobook). Trevor Noah has a really surprising and rough story that I had no awareness of. He explained a lot about apartheid and South African cultures; it was very informative. 

Some of the book got a little repetitive and the organization of the last third felt odd. Rather than continuing chronologically like the rest of the book had, the last part jumped around in time. The ending also felt quite abrupt. 

The first half of this memoir was incredibly strong, but my interest dipped over time which affected my rating. My interest dipped due to the inclusion and lengthy amount of time dedicated to stories where it wasn’t clear why those moments had impacted him or his life (the different dates he had in his adolescence, and the mishaps of his dance group in particular). I would’ve enjoyed exploration of the aftermath or post-reflection of these stories, but it was absent. 

I also would’ve enjoyed more continuity of story into his current life. He mentioned university and starting to be a comedian off hand, but without explanation as to how that came about. 

Overall, a very eye opening memoir and I really value the knowledge it imparted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Racism and Rape

danileah07's review against another edition

Animal cruelty involving cats 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Animal cruelty

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

miratass's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

ladypunk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Animal death

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gun violence, Child abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Classism, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Excrement, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury