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Nascido do crime by Trevor Noah

308 reviews

cristinavisu's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.5

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hath's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Just wow. This book is a beautiful love letter to Noahs mother that's deeply honest and humanly raw. I highly recommend the audiobook, hearing it all from the authors mouth really adds to the gravity of his story. 
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5.0

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savyelizabeth's review against another edition

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3.5

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itsquinntendo's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Well I am in tears at 3:37am. I have seen this book recommended so many times but I just never gave it a chance. I didn’t know half of this stuff about Trevor Noah, and really didn’t expect it to be a love letter to his mom. There are so many themes throughout his life story, but the main thread that ties it all together is a mother’s love for her son. Here I am 5 days postpartum, watching my baby boy sleeping peacefully, and I’m just absolutely inconsolable. Fantastic read. 5 stars easily. 
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10tlgibs's review against another edition

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3.75

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sarahschuster's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective sad

3.0

Heavy. Hard to read but I’m glad I did.
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ressicajicks's review against another edition

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5.0

Yeah okay survivor of an abusive alcoholic stepfather figure take my 5 star rating. I finished this book sobbing
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norcalchris's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.75

Well written and performed (audiobook). Trevor Noah has a really surprising and rough story that I had no awareness of. He explained a lot about apartheid and South African cultures; it was very informative. 

Some of the book got a little repetitive and the organization of the last third felt odd. Rather than continuing chronologically like the rest of the book had, the last part jumped around in time. The ending also felt quite abrupt. 

The first half of this memoir was incredibly strong, but my interest dipped over time which affected my rating. My interest dipped due to the inclusion and lengthy amount of time dedicated to stories where it wasn’t clear why those moments had impacted him or his life (the different dates he had in his adolescence, and the mishaps of his dance group in particular). I would’ve enjoyed exploration of the aftermath or post-reflection of these stories, but it was absent. 

I also would’ve enjoyed more continuity of story into his current life. He mentioned university and starting to be a comedian off hand, but without explanation as to how that came about. 

Overall, a very eye opening memoir and I really value the knowledge it imparted. 
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