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

323 reviews

bluenarcissa's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Police brutality

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence and Medical content

arlettep's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Racism

abbyschafer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

The places where this memoir thrives are when Noah frames his chapters with a short history lesson. Many readers likely have limited knowledge of apartheid and South Africa’s history; so these added nonfiction excerpts help us understand the context in which Trever Noah grew up. His storytelling is nonetheless compelling and Noah had succeeded with writing a heartfelt and moving memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Racism

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

theotterside's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Classism

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

aislingmoconnell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism