A review by alenert
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective

4.5

Highly highly recommend on audio. I had the physical copy of this, but had heard such great things about the narration—particularly how Noah seamlessly flips between accents and dialects throughout the story—that I decided to listen instead, and I think it really adds to the experience. In addition to this being both moving and funny, I knew next to nothing about South African history and apartheid and feel like I really learned from it as well. 

Update to say the one piece of this book that didn’t sit well with me was the discussion of the Holocaust.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Excrement, Gun violence, and Misogyny