Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

109 reviews

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

siriface's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

sara_o's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

A super fast, harrowing read about the doomed voyage of The Wager.   I enjoyed the wealth of information and was swept along in the story.  These men were making doing their best to make decisions in absolutely horrific circumstances where there are no good choices and there is no clear "moral" avenue.  

Overall, a super interesting read.

Note: This was read for Popsugar Reading Challenge "A book about Pirates", though... I would classify this as more "pirate adjacent".  No actual pirates here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, 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

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

kendal_reads's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tobias_ewing's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

3.5

A gritty and realistic view of life at sea, the book just can't seem to break out of the constant slog of despair. Interesting, but ultimately difficult to consume and not one I'd jump to revisit anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Murder

schausjk's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

shelbert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

This book was very good, it took me forever to read, but I also don’t typically read these types of books. It was fascinating to see into the past and how grim life really was back then. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation