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Laiton lapsi - Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah

booksandhorses24's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

mia_48419's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

briannewagner27's review against another edition

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5.0

Even with the amount of praise that I have heard about this book, I still turned the final page amazed at how much I enjoyed it. I devoured it in two sittings wishing I had more.

benfick's review against another edition

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emotional funny slow-paced

3.0

domicspinnwand's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow. Echt Wow. Dieses Hörbuch ist definitiv ein Highlight in 2018! Ich kannte Trevor Noah vorher nicht, aber er liest das Buch einfach großartig. Wenn Du einigermassen fit in Englisch bist, solltest Du unbedingt das englische Hörbuch hören! Allein, wie Trevor die verschiedenen Sprachen - Afrikaans, Xosha, Zulu, Deutsch, Englisch usw. - mit einer Aussprache liest, die kein "normaler" Sprecher hinbekäme, ist die Sache wert. Ausserdem lernt man extrem viel über das Apartheidsystem, über die Lebenwirklichkeit schwarzer Südafrikaner, über starke Mütter, über das Finanzsystem der Townships, über die Kultur der verschiedenen Stämme in Südafrika - und irgendwas hab ich jetzt sicher noch vergessen.

Dieses Buch werde ich sicher irgendwann noch einmal lesen und es hat mich inspiriert, mich mehr mit afrikanischer Kultur zu beschäftigen. Trevor Noah hat mich da sehr neugierig gemacht und mir gezeigt, wie wenig ich darüber weiß und wie weit weg das bisher von meiner Lebenswirklichkeit ist.

so_intoreading's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

memareads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

adown's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

samsterleeee's review against another edition

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5.0

I assigned this as independent reading to my class of juniors. We read a few chapters each week. They absolutely loved it. Each chapter was it's own little story and it was fun to see how Noah grew. My students related to several of his situations, and were so excited that they read a whole book on their own.

caitlyn_baldwin's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

I thought this memoir was a really great personal account on what it was like for Trevor to grow up in post-apartheid South Africa. It was a really interesting combination of laughs at the trials of adolescence along with the ugly truth of systematic oppression. I thought he offered some really thoughtful insight based on his personal experiences, but my favorite thing overall was hearing him talk about his mom throughout.