Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Wager by David Grann

122 reviews

tobias_ewing's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

3.5

A gritty and realistic view of life at sea, the book just can't seem to break out of the constant slog of despair. Interesting, but ultimately difficult to consume and not one I'd jump to revisit anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Murder

schausjk's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elhein's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

Well written and easy to get into it. I felt it had a nice balance of historical facts while also getting to know the people and what took place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism

sharkfan's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

shelbert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

This book was very good, it took me forever to read, but I also don’t typically read these types of books. It was fascinating to see into the past and how grim life really was back then. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

beistelltischchen's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Medical content

megnut's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Murder

kellyofcali's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

An interesting book on a very specific topic - like all his books, it's quite well done, though the topic didn't always appeal to me as much as some of his others. Still, it's pretty incredible (and horrifying) what these men went through, and something I'd truly never heard of before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror and Confinement

intoblossom's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

laura_nel13's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism