I really enjoyed the way these characters lives all interlinked but this one just wasn’t really for me. Don’t get me wrong there are a lot of people I would still recommend it too. The writing is good, but I just couldn’t connect with the characters, and so wasn’t really chomping at the bit to find out who killed Daniel and why they did it. I found this one a bit predictable and I could see all the plot twists coming so there was no surprise element in this for me… and I loved a good surprise or shock ending especially in thrillers.

I would still say this is a good book, unfortunately is was just a bit meh for me.

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

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challenging emotional funny informative slow-paced

5.0

This is the story of Trevor Noah's life before fame and he narrates it wonderfully. But it is also an explanation of apartheid and a brief history of race in South Africa. I really enjoyed this. It felt like a quick read and he manages to get the message of how messed up the whole system was while still maintaining the wit he is best know for. There are moments in this book that did shock me and there are moments that made me laugh, sometimes even about things that are no laughing matter. I found this book to be quite educational and informative in a way that was serious and lighthearted in just the right ways to make it memorable.

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