Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin

8 reviews

withoutfeathers's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

christinelangill's review

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Grief

beth_48's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Fascinating to read the story of Alvarenga's survival at sea

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

evaelt's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

An incredible true story about José Salvador Alvarenga beging adrift at the Pacific Ocean for 14 months finding a way to live with all the elements and his own brain. 

I'm so glad he's been able to tell the story in a book. It was an emotional read where I tried to constantly remind myself this happened to a real person in real time. It puts some things in perspective of what really matters. 

When reading you will read about friendship, mental battles, the importance and power of your mindset, raw survival and (although minor) ocean life. I also loved the facts to give the story more depth (not that it needs more depth but I can't find the right word :')) like stats on overfishing, shark consumption, the fishing community, ocean currents, body functions, nutrition and more. 

I did find the book hard to read sometimes due to the very fast pace and frequent changes in perspective from story to quotes to third person (which was also a big plus). Would have loved more detail.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, and Alcohol

emmakchapman's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness and Medical content

cricci's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

Franklin describes the riveting and incredible feat of José Salvador Alvarenga and his survival adrift in the Pacific Ocean for 438 days. At times cringe-worthy for the food sources Alvarenga had to endure. It’s and a tense book filled with salt spray, ocean storms, death, fishing life, friendship, faith, and love. I recommend to those who enjoy survival stories and can stomach a few graphic descriptions of hunting/fishing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use and Suicide attempt

flankaykay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment

diifacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood