Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Les Naufragés du Wager by David Grann

131 reviews

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

terrik_409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

It was a very interesting and compelling story. It definitely helped that he focused on some of the main characters who had told their stories in books. I enjoyed it a lot. 

“You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.”

“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

hufflepuffbiologybuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.25

A great read for those who are interested in sea travel during the 1740s. 
I did get a little lost in the terminology concerning the ship. It is a new language to me: the parts of the ship, ship etiquette, and roles of the people on the ship. Grann does explain the etiquette and the roles of the people a bit, but I became lost sometimes. 
Still an interesting story! This book may be more for someone who is into naval/military stories. 
I am glad I gave this book a go though! I would be interested in watching a documentary about the Wager!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

adardinger24's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

5.0

A fascinating book on a British 18th century shipwreck and what came after 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and War

eliginger's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

sonia_reppe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

slou_i's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Found the last two chapters reflecting on empire and mutiny the most interesting. Points to the author for reminding the reader that the whole story exists in the context of British imperialism and reflecting on how narratives build power.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Cannibalism