Reviews tagging 'War'

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

92 reviews

vivatomatoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

3.75

A gripping tale by David Grann who produces an informative and gripping narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Minor: Animal death

thebookwormclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Slavery, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

2.75

Narrator Rating: 4.0 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Vomit

zaydenblaze47's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the best nonfiction books I've ever read. At once informative, intense, accurate, gripping, and readable. Almost nothing here can be criticized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Suicide, and Colonisation

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Police brutality

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

akswhy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.5

Grann weaves an extremely thorough compilation of deliberately differing historical accounts and manages to make it suspenseful and compelling. I had more hope for historical contextualization within the story, and more of a discussion of the Wager incident’s implications for imperialism today, but Grann stopped short of those opportunities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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