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A review by emilyb_chicago
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
5.0
Going into this book, I only knew that Trevor Noah was the Daily Show replacement for Jon Stewart. I only watched a couple of his shows, but I was just curious enough to listen to this book. I expected his book to be just another comedian’s memoir. I was surprised at how well written the book is, how varied his background is and how much I like him after spending the time reading this book.
Even if it’s not your normal medium, I highly recommend you listen to this book. Noah reads it himself and speaks fluently the variety of African languages he quotes - in a physical book I’d have skimmed over those sentences. He drops into the correct accent with ease that allows the listener to associate even more with his life and live the stories beside him.
This book relates some events of his youth and upbringing with humor and perspective that allows you to laugh along with him - I believe he easily could have had me crying for most of his story if he’d that is what he’d wanted. I am looking forward to reading anything else he writes.
Even if it’s not your normal medium, I highly recommend you listen to this book. Noah reads it himself and speaks fluently the variety of African languages he quotes - in a physical book I’d have skimmed over those sentences. He drops into the correct accent with ease that allows the listener to associate even more with his life and live the stories beside him.
This book relates some events of his youth and upbringing with humor and perspective that allows you to laugh along with him - I believe he easily could have had me crying for most of his story if he’d that is what he’d wanted. I am looking forward to reading anything else he writes.