Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

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

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

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

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

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

cristinavisu's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Minor: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

rubbertree14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Learned so much both about colonialism in South Africa and its history as well as Trevor Noah. He is so funny and has an excellent balance of seriousness as well as humor. Very enjoyable read, though sad and eye-opening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Murder

noahsingh's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

An interesting book about growing up in South Africa before and after the end of Apartheid.. I could never imagine that Noah went through so much on his life; enough to break him, but he managed to step away, and that's remarkable. 
There was a lot of going back and forth in time that made it hard(er) to follow and gave a feeling of being a tad inconsistent. Not bad, just not great... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail