Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

6 reviews

kimmykelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

robdawgreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

There are some gory scenes described in the book but, otherwise, I really enjoyed learning about this historical event!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, and War

dexkit10's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Excrement, Death, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Racism, and Animal death

natmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

lectora21's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, Animal death, Gore, Racism, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

England and Spain have never been best friends, to put it nicely. Occasionally they've broken out into actual war. This book centers around a time of such conflict, when in the 1740s England decided to commission a fleet led by a Commander Anson to go after Spanish galleons and loot them for their gold. 

It was a disaster. By the time they actually set sail, they were headed for the worst weather of the year around the Cape Horn. There were already problems before they got there, including scurvy, but by the time they got to the bottom of South America, the fleet had broken up and one of the ships, The Wager, ran aground. Mayhem and mutiny ensued, along with starvation and murder. 

I don't know why I love these nautical disaster books so much. I'm a total landlubber. I can't even swim. I didn't even see the ocean until I was an adult. But for whatever reason, I love reading these books. This one definitely did not disappoint. It was full of drama and emotion, and the best part was that it was all true and taken from the accounts written by the actual survivors. If you like tales of shipwreck or disaster, add this one to your list. I raced through it and I'm so glad I did. 

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a free copy of this book. This did not affect my review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore, Murder, and Violence