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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
37 reviews
saskiahill's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Slavery, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism
Minor: Murder
noahsingh's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Gun violence
Moderate: Medical trauma, Bullying, Stalking, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Addiction, Animal death, Medical content, Confinement, Classism, Rape, and Kidnapping
Minor: Slavery and Suicidal thoughts
itsliterarycait's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Gun violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Suicide attempt and Rape
hello_lovely13's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse
Minor: Rape and Suicide
clarabooksit's review against another edition
3.5
Noah is clever, nerdy and funny and this memoir showcases that. His love of South Africa, where he came from and his mother are apparent on every page, even as he’a cracking jokes about them. I especially enjoyed learning a lot about South Africa.
Where the book let me down is in its lack of emotional resonance. That and it was very obviously written for a U.S. American audience, which felt confining even if I’m a part of that audience.
Noah has lived a fascinating life full of sticky, incredible and awful moments, but his voice remains distant like the person at a party who tells wild and traumatic stories for laughs without registering how deeply personal they are. While there’s a great deal of reflection in the book, it all felt anecdotal to me. The format of the book also makes every story feel like a lesson and that didn’t quite work for me.
To be fair, that may be more of a reflection on me than the book. I did like it: it’s zippy, I learned a lot, it made me laugh and at the very end, it made me cry. But it didn’t thrill me. Would still recommend.
Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Excrement, Police brutality, and Slavery
Minor: Animal cruelty and Rape
leojpeg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Rape and Slavery
mushureads44's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Racism, and Blood
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Colonisation, and War
sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Police brutality
Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Excrement
achay91's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Classism, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Confinement
Minor: Alcohol, Rape, and Slavery
kotroby's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence and Domestic abuse
Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape