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A review by enbeefinery
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
“The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Apartheid kept me away from my father because he was white, but for almost all the kids I knew on my grandmother’s block in Soweto, apartheid had taken away their fathers as well, just for different reasons. Their fathers were off working in a mine somewhere, able to come home only during the holidays. Their fathers had been sent to prison. Their fathers were in exile, fighting for the cause. Women held the community together.”
one of the most quotable books i’ve ever read. witty (yes, can’t believe i’m calling a book -mostly- about apartheid witty), challenging, and eye-opening. i love it when books point out my ignorance and teach me things i’d never before thought about learning. the only reason i’m not giving this book 5 stars is the couple of paragraphs about women and pornography during the author’s teenage years, guess i’d been away from works written by cis men for too long. a must-read.
one of the most quotable books i’ve ever read. witty (yes, can’t believe i’m calling a book -mostly- about apartheid witty), challenging, and eye-opening. i love it when books point out my ignorance and teach me things i’d never before thought about learning. the only reason i’m not giving this book 5 stars is the couple of paragraphs about women and pornography during the author’s teenage years, guess i’d been away from works written by cis men for too long. a must-read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty