Reviews tagging 'Death'

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

25 reviews

_kelpie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Cannibalism

bbbarttt's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Even grimmer than I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Dementia

melissacushman's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.5

Excellent, we’ll researched tale of old Nantucket, whaling, the shipwreck that inspired Melville to write Moby Dick, and the sailors’ struggle to stay alive in tiny boats with little food or fresh water for months. The parts about killing and butcher the whales at Galapagos tortoises were a bit hard to take though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, and Cannibalism

balrogfemme's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.5

Hey uhhhhhh dehydration is GNARLY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Cannibalism

ymziegler's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Racism

caius's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

Fascinating retelling based on first hand accounts of human adversity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism

laurenwash's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

matcha_cat's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

kponturo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death

rmperash's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Grief, and Cannibalism