Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

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

138 reviews

caitlin_bookchats's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Medical content, Cannibalism, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Colonisation

This book contains the most gruesome description of scurvy I have ever read. Also, cw: survival cannibalism, animal death

the men kill and eat a pet dog

sokhiengtim's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism and War

bibliophilistine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and War

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

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

mcbrantley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

4.0

Well handled and harrowing, this narrative take on a true 18th century shipwreck and mutiny is a riveting read after the first half. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.75

It was a very interesting and compelling story. It definitely helped that he focused on some of the main characters who had told their stories in books. I enjoyed it a lot. 

“You miss his form, and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.”

“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

hufflepuffbiologybuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.25

A great read for those who are interested in sea travel during the 1740s. 
I did get a little lost in the terminology concerning the ship. It is a new language to me: the parts of the ship, ship etiquette, and roles of the people on the ship. Grann does explain the etiquette and the roles of the people a bit, but I became lost sometimes. 
Still an interesting story! This book may be more for someone who is into naval/military stories. 
I am glad I gave this book a go though! I would be interested in watching a documentary about the Wager!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

p0rkchop's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and War

Minor: Cannibalism

deelightfull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cannibalism