Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) by Trevor Noah

6 reviews

ilis25's review

funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gun violence

lsmith725's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

I read this hoping to teach it to my middle schoolers, which I did; they loved it! It's rare to get that many students to enjoy a book that they are forced to read.  There is so much to be learned from this memoir.  I learned a ton about apartheid and South African culture, and so did my students.  This is such a valuable book in that regard.  It is funny (as you'd expect from a comedian), and the young readers version manages to capture heavy content without being too dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

finnfork's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

i loved this book, it taught me a lot about apartheid and what it was like to live in that situation as a mixed person. it was a great mix of comedy and information, it made me both laugh and cry at different points and i feel like he balanced comedy with the events very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

alyxy0's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Medical content

ladygetslit's review

funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical content, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

pucksandpaperbacks's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a very gut-wrenching and informative read from Trevor Noah. I went into this book looking to learn more about the comedian I knew nothing about and wanted to learn more about his life in South Africa and I did. Trevor talks a lot about the segregation during the appartheid era in South Africa and Nelson Mandela being elected president. I hadn't heard of appartheid before and Trevor did a great job teaching the reader about appartheid through the tale of his life. However, for a book adapted for "young audiences" Chapter 17 was very graphic. I also would've liked to learn more about how Trevor became a comedian because there's no talk about that besides the instances of him talking about going to meet his dad after so many years and being an established comedian and going on tour. We don't know how he got to that place in his career. Lastly, the organization of the book could've been better. Some of the stories are out of context and don't sync up with the previous stories. Overall, I highly recommend this! It was really great and taught me a lot when I didn't expect that going into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Racism

Gun shots, shooting, blood, arrest, incarceration, tear gas, mentions of drunk driving, alcoholic adult, segregation, fat shaming, mention of Hitler and the Holocaust, racial profiling, manipulation, slavery, arson & a house fire, microaggressions.