Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard

2 reviews

marissab's review

adventurous informative medium-paced

3.0

Poorly edited. Uneven pacing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

manzanab's review

dark funny informative medium-paced

4.0

A quick, accessible intro to the history around the Golden Age of Piracy.  Being something of a survey, it can't give enough detail into any one event or figure to satisfy all curiosity, but it's got a lot of great leads to follow up on.  Unavoidably deals with a lot of extremely dark subjects; while I especially appreciated the contextualization of the British naval culture, it's got some serious nightmare fuel there.  Easy reading style-wise, and love having the bibliography!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, and Kidnapping