Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

131 reviews

hannahbee_97's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

Really well done telling of the event from a wide variety of perspectives! I also loved the narrator’s voice!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

waterlogged's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Trafficking and Sexual harassment

zeldazonks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Manages to be incredibly compelling and informative as well as highlight the hypocrisy, cruelty and nonsensical nature of colonialism. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was fantastic, I devoured this in two days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

zsabella's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Slavery

monicadee88's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Grann sure knows how to write compelling non-fiction! This is a thoroughly researched exploration of true events through the words of those who experienced them. What I think I liked most was Grann's constant reminder of the British mindset of compliance and cultural supremacy that influened their actions and warped their experiences. Overall an interesting read, although sometimes I got bogged down in the details of wooden ships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

This was pretty unputdownable. So much was happening all of the time it read much more like fiction than nonfiction, which I enjoy. It can get pretty gruesome, so know that going in. It can be harder to stomach since it's a true story. But I flew through this and will definitely read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and War

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

lindsdavis's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

seanfischer's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

linda48's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Cannibalism, Murder, and Abandonment