Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Alive: The True Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read

20 reviews

hannahyorkey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

inhale_exhale_read's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a terrific journalistic account of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes and those who survived ten weeks on the mountain. Although the events were harrowing, the story was presented in a matter-of-fact way that did not dwell on grisly details. This writing style seemed to echo many of the survivors’ attitudes, as they immediately assessed their situation after the crash and began taking steps to survive and find rescue, never giving up hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Excrement

liviamello's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Death

dianapendragon's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Cannibalism

gracegeeks's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

from a craft perspective this was not the best book and i would probably only give that section 3 stars for the technical aspects

but my god…from a content perspective, 6/5 stars. what a tale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Death

lucyob's review against another edition

4.25

crazy!!! didn't always love the writing style but the story is far and away interesting enough to make up for that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

hattiereadssomanybooks_x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

_kelpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

4.5

A truly (true!) incredible story that kept me gripped from beginning to end, and yet always felt perseverant and hopeful. This is one of those books you'll read and tell everyone about for weeks after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Excrement, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Death

srm's review against another edition

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

5.0

I already knew this was a remarkable story, but it was so wonderful to find it so extremely well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcohol