Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

69 reviews

m_liz's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

samchase112's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book truly swept me away!!! I was enthralled by the writing, the narrative, and the narrator. I lost time listening to this story, and took walks to get further. David Grann made me feel like I was traversing the hazardous seas, searching the desolate island, and scribbling on the page with these men — truly impressive. I’ll be recommending this book (and especially the audiobook!) for a while to come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, and Cannibalism

msfordreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Cannibalism

kalaser's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

knightzach's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

Would have been a good read, if it weren’t for the anti European racism, in addition to the glorification of pagan natives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

imlfox's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and War

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

mikaylawood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This is my first time reading David Grann and it will not be my last! Beautiful writing about a moving, albeit devastating, historical event. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Excrement

meritm's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

5.0

very very cool and educative and never boring. Makes me miss sailing and being on the open ocean. Explains everything from the hierarchy on warships, the origins of popular British sayings as well as the imperial and colonialist mechanism used to oppress other civilizations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

e_freckles's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and Blood