Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

32 reviews

cursiveknight's review

adventurous challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Animal death

kiwibunnz's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

Interesting book about the history of Antartic exploration. I am glad I listened to it rather than reading it myself. It starts off a little slow, but soon there are lots of perals and adventures facing the crew. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Animal death

poppippin's review

adventurous challenging informative tense slow-paced

3.5

A good story, a writing style a bit too flourished. My main issue is that the author is too enamoured with the subjects of his book to properly question their actions and motives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Dementia, and Animal cruelty

jrwarburton96's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

An epic and fascinating story of human survival. Would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys non-fiction stories, and particularly anyone who has an interest in the Golden Age of Polar Exploration.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Gore

Minor: Suicide and Alcohol

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

I CANNOT find the bookstagrammer who recommended this in a video, but shout out to them, this was kind of a banger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Violence and Gore

Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Suicide

Entire book is about survival situations in extreme conditions, including the risk of death by starvation/freezing and explicit death by drowning. There is also discussion of the effects of global warming in the author's notes.

defenders_iris's review

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

One of the best nonfiction books I've listened to (the audiobook is incredible, huge kudos to the narrator.)
It really sheds light on the sort of people who set out on these expeditions and what drives them to these feats, as well as how that drive can be their undoing. Frankly, it's the first nonfiction book that made me cry with empathy for their struggles, even knowing the explorers were deeply flawed men with colonist dreams - and being able to balance both of those realities, while also illustrating the progress in the expedition itself, is a feat. Note if you're sensitive to death, especially animal death, I'd avoid this.

I might even purchase a physical copy because it's a phenomenal reference and story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Confinement

allisonstockslager's review

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal death, and Confinement

zrals's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

I typically read novels, so I have fewer opinions regarding non-fiction. This is an interesting account of an Antarctic voyage. It is well researched and well written, with an interesting story and memorable characters. It wasn't quite as mad as the title suggested, but it's worth your time if you're interested in late 19th/early 20th century polar exploration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

kro_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

jlswitchblades's review

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

5.0

this book captivated me from start to finish. roald amundsen is the only guy ever who could simply choose to not have depression.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death