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katelynmcd's review against another edition
3.0
I had higher hopes for this but it was just OK. It wasn't very gripping and I got bored/distracted easily.
hannah_banana18's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
agrippinaes's review against another edition
4.0
This was a very well-written and gripping book. The story of The Wager is simply told, pulling together multiple historical accounts in a way that is very effective.
The thing I really appreciated about this book is the fact it’s very to the point. There’s not a lot of waffle - it’s gets straight to it and doesn’t elaborate or digress too much. It’s also not that long, either, for this sort of historical non-fiction, which was quite refreshing to me.
The story is, naturally, quite a compelling one, and I think this simpler method of narration worked really well. It was just a very easy read. The ending of the book was a little weak; it felt a bit rushed, although I’m not sure what more there was to say.
Overall this is a gripping account of a complex historical event, full of twists and turns, effectively told without too extra detail. It was a very solid non-fiction read.
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The thing I really appreciated about this book is the fact it’s very to the point. There’s not a lot of waffle - it’s gets straight to it and doesn’t elaborate or digress too much. It’s also not that long, either, for this sort of historical non-fiction, which was quite refreshing to me.
The story is, naturally, quite a compelling one, and I think this simpler method of narration worked really well. It was just a very easy read. The ending of the book was a little weak; it felt a bit rushed, although I’m not sure what more there was to say.
Overall this is a gripping account of a complex historical event, full of twists and turns, effectively told without too extra detail. It was a very solid non-fiction read.
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Violence, murder, death, knife violence, gun violence, executions, cannibalism, imperialism, colonialism, racism, slavery, abuse of enslaved people, depictions of battles and war, depiction of a shipwreck, graphic descriptions of serious illness including scurvy, vomiting, teeth falling out, blood, nosebleeds.badw0lfreads's review against another edition
3.0
A great retelling of a 18th century shipwreck and mutiny. I give this a good 4 stars. I didn’t particularly enjoy the narrator of the book. I found him hard to understand at points. I think I would have enjoyed just reading the book more.
maemay03's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.75
sarah_bees's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
4.0
Book club! Well formatted narrative non fiction.