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Reviews tagging 'Racism'
In the Heart of the Sea: The Incredible True Story that Inspired Moby-Dick by Nathaniel Philbrick
16 reviews
annenichols's review against another edition
3.0
A decent adventure story marred by blatant racism. I couldn't believe the date of publication; thought it had to be decades earlier. Author: just because the journals contained racism doesn't mean you have to transcribe them verbatim or accept their worldview. Paraphrasing, "The blacks
Similarly, there was insufficient editorializing of the xenophobic
Unrelatedly, this like many similar books included some extraneous details, especially at the end, that didn't contribute much.
Overall, disappointing. Could have been so good.
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
ska1224's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
nicolecoyle's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Slavery and Fire/Fire injury
amarnareads's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racism and Cannibalism
maya_moksha's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Racism, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
keepsleep's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Death, Racism, Blood, Medical content, and Classism
dorothygrace's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation
snowdropwhiskey's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
bbbarttt's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racism
Minor: Dementia
melissacushman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, and Cannibalism