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sarasreading's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Racism, Slavery, and War
ekcd_'s review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
linda48's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Cannibalism, Murder, and Abandonment
eleanorjmca's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racism, Slavery, Cannibalism, and War
knkoch's review against another edition
3.75
I really liked that David Grann gave great context into the Indigenous tribes the men from this ship interacted with and the impact that naval expeditions had on them and all others in South and North America in the eighteenth century especially. It felt like he was resetting the image of journeys like these, moving away from glory and adventure into the grinding hardship, weaknesses of leadership, imperial greed, racist assumptions of superiority/inferiority, and endless jockeying between major European empires like Spain and England. Grann developed the historical characters well, and clearly established how naval honor codes, class, and rank influenced the events at sea and land. Shocked to learn that
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Cannibalism
Eating disorder: Much discussion of starvation, but not sure what TW may fit better.rochelleisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism
Minor: Racism and War
ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition
3.0
However... I just don't think this was my kind of book. I've seen a lot of people recommend this book to those who loved Endurance, as I did, but The Wager is significantly more grim in a way that didn't make me want to read more.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Racism, Torture, and Colonisation
Minor: Slavery
m_liz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism
samchase112's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Suicide, and Cannibalism
msfordreads's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Racism and Cannibalism