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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
118 reviews
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
trishah05's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Racism
emilymhb's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Blood
emaurer21's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse
bookworm247's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Medical content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
dalek_caan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Gore
lindasoderlundd's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
ecster's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Colonisation
Moderate: Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Blood
Minor: Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Bullying, Colonisation, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Confinement
Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
jacquy's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Addiction
Moderate: Blood and Child abuse
Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Animal cruelty