First line: "The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other." 
 This book is brilliant. I couldn't tell you the last time I read a non-fiction book. In fact, you could say I'm extremely wary of them because they might be too wordy, or too boring, or too confusing, or any other number of excuses. This book was anything but that. Trevor Noah is a mastermind at retelling his life story while interweaving bits of history and humour into an otherwise bleak childhood. He writes as if he were sitting down and having a conversation with you, and I never felt overwhelmed, despite his story having absurd amounts of racism, abuse, poverty, and violence. I'm thankful he is so adept at balancing the darkness with funny anecdotes and witty remarks. 
 Despite knowing barely anything about Trevor Noah, other than he's a comedian and now hosts The Daily Show, I now have a tremendous amount of respect for the man. I'm grateful for his story and new knowledge I have about South Africa that I sadly might not have had I not read this book. His story is going to stick with me for a long time and I feel sorry for any memoirs I read after this, because this was amazing.