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frasersimons 's review for:
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
Interesting, sometimes funny, somewhat weird in structure. Because it’s a series of essays it feels like some chapters retread the same ground and occasionally are actually confusing because some aren’t chronological. It’s pretty odd and it bugged me a bit, but It was always compelling because so many wild things are recounted.
I expected it would be a story of now he became a comedian but that wasn’t the case. If I remember correctly pretty much all of the stories are before high school is over. Maybe he is saving the rest of his life for another book, or something? Who knows. The structure mostly works, just don’t think of it as a normal narrative and you won’t be confused.
I expected it would be a story of now he became a comedian but that wasn’t the case. If I remember correctly pretty much all of the stories are before high school is over. Maybe he is saving the rest of his life for another book, or something? Who knows. The structure mostly works, just don’t think of it as a normal narrative and you won’t be confused.