Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

304 reviews

iralalala's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence

zoe_271's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Gun violence

kirst_b's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Hate crime

amelody's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Classism, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, and Medical content

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Hate crime, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

name_user's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This was assigned reading for school. At first, I was not looking forward to this book because I couldn't care less about celebrities, but Noah is thankfully one of the few interesting ones. You get some great history into South Africa. Reading about Noah's life was enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Classism, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal cruelty

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal death, Body horror, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Grief, Stalking, Mental illness, Infertility, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Colonisation

cgswan's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Racism

Minor: Gun violence

cmc027's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse and Physical abuse