Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

20 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

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

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

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

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

rsouders's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

A nonfiction book that reads like a good story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Cannibalism

amy14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tigertheory's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.5

Quite an interesting read not only about a tale of (mis)adventure but also about the importance seafaring had in shaping the world. 

On a side note; I recommend looking up Wager Island on Maps after reading for a bit of a laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

softanimal's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

5.0

This book gets five stars because in addition to being a fascinating and well-written historical narrative it also includes extremely important observations about the missing voices of black and indigenous witnesses and the impact of empire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

madmaura's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Classism