Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

I picked up this book in response to two reading prompts:
1) Read a book outside your comfort zone
2) Read a book set in the Antarctic

Normally I am not one for history or survival books (which I'm sure affected my rating of this book).

I enjoyed the writing style which flowed naturally. My favorite parts of the books were the author's descriptions of the locations and environment. The audiobook narrator did a fantastic job with all the different voices and accents.

I found it difficult to read the challenges the crew faced in this harsh environment, but I thought the author did a good job of describing the harsh realities in a clear and direct manner. An impressive balance was created between the struggles of the people with the majesty of the Antarctic.

Overall, I am glad I read this book and would definitely recommend it to readers who enjoy History, Adventure, Over-Coming Obstacles, and Survival.

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challenging dark emotional inspiring

4.0

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

If you ever think you have it bad then think to yourself, it could be worse, but then wonder, how could it be worse? Read this book. The amount of hardship the sailors aboard the Enduramce went through trying to survive sailing through the arctic circle is incredible. This paints a black and white picture of the things they had to do to survive without glorifying it condemning it, not for the faint of heart. And just when you think relief is in sight (it sometimes literally is) the sailors suffered numerous setbacks before achieving their goals. It takes a little while to get going but once I was hooked I knew I was in until the end. I highly recommend it if the synopsis intrigues you even in the slightest, trigger warnings for body trauma and animal cruelty? Animal cruelty doesn't seem to be the right word but it doesn't end well for any of the animals in this book.

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