Reviews tagging 'War'

Les Naufragés du Wager by David Grann

35 reviews

ldockham's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Minor: Cannibalism and Animal death

oliviamich's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War

Minor: Cannibalism, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

kcbas1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, Animal death, and War

Minor: Suicide, Racism, Cannibalism, and Slavery

daughterofatom's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this. I appreciate the authors non judgemental perspective, never casting blame or guilt on any party, and keeps first hand accounts of native people in perspective. It's a tale of mutiny and horrible situations, but you never think "dang what a villain", you see the motivations of each party and are given ample details about the people to not just see them as pawns. They all had families at home they hoped to return to, some were on their first voyage, some were seasoned enough to doubt some choices. Great read for anyone looking to learn about 1700s seafaring, British navy shenanigans, or for folks looking for empathetic compelling tales of souls stuck in a true no win scenario 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, War, Gun violence, Genocide, and Animal death

Minor: Medical content, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Classism, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, and Racism

mtferal's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: War

abkinlaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Slavery

shepardsolbear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

taeli's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Violence, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Murder, Slavery, Racism, and Trafficking

angela_iseli's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, War, and Cannibalism

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.25

I will never joke about taking to the sea ever again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Racism