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awaywiththefairies's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Colonisation
namenotimportant's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Gun violence
Moderate: Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Racism
Minor: Pregnancy
delaneysue's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Colonisation, Classism, and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, and Antisemitism
shebke_21's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Racism
tmarts's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation
elenamarmiroli's review against another edition
3.75
La prosa risulta molto coinvolgente, così come gli aneddoti che lui di esporre nell'opera, cosa che ha reso il libro una lettura molto scorrevole, nonostante la pesantezza di alcuni dei temi trattati.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Racism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Misogyny
empathephant's review against another edition
4.0
I think what another review said is a perfect description: "I...admired how he [told] his story as it is. He had every chance to glorify the life he lived in South Africa and he did not. To me, it was more like he wrote the book to shed light on the circumstances that kids like him grew up in rather than talk about his own life."
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, and Slavery
The last chapter contains the most graphic descriptions of violence.sierranorgan's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence
jessicayoungdesigner's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Cursing, and Animal cruelty
grei's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know a better way to describe this book, it is absolutely an amazing read that defies categorization, other than to say it is the story of Trevor Noah growing up as the son of a black mother and white father during apartheid, when it was illegal to have such a child.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Violence
If you want to skip the part about excrement, once Trevor starts talking about needing to go to the bathroom just skip to the end of the chapter. The last few paragraphs provide enough context and a good punchline for you to skip all the graphic detail and embarrassment of it.