A review by peytonhhill
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I had heard that this book is good, but it is really fantastic. The timelines are easy to follow, and the stories told are compelling. Listening to the audiobook is a must, the author performs with so much expression and emotion, and even does impressions of everyone in the book, including young versions of himself. This book taught me so much about apartheid, hearing the story of one person's experience really helped me understand the effects of the system at a human level. However despite its time and place in history, at its core, this book is a celebration of the beautiful, but never easy, relationship between the author and his mother; she is the hero of the story. I recommend listening to the audiobook version!
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