Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Lost City of Z: a legendary British explorer's deadly quest to uncover the secrets of the Amazon by David Grann

8 reviews

courtknee_bee's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

4.5 stars

I loved this, but just a touch less than The Wager, which kicked off this whole non-fiction moment I'm having. Key takeaways are:

• The Amazon is terrifying and we should never, ever go there ever.
• The things maggots can do to you is ... upsetting. 
• Men make really bad decisions.

I really, really loved the ending. Much more satisfying than The Wager.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Death

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

Moderate: War, Violence, Death, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Classism, Abandonment, Body horror, and Mental illness

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Ableism, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Grief

grace_b_3's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

2.0

I really liked Killers of the Flower Moon, but this one wasn’t as compelling for me. 

This was an earlier book by Grann, so part of it may be him figuring out his writing style and such. I didn’t like how present he was in the narrative of this book. 

I also found the subject matter of Killers more interesting. There were things in this book that I would like to learn more about (mainly about the various Amazonian tribes and the lost civilization found there), but the focus, Fawcett, is what I found the least interesting. I did like the angle of his family and learning how his and Jack’s disappearance affected them, but the actual narrative of various expeditions to the Amazon was not what kept me reading.  Exploring the Amazon seems like a horrible experience and reading about someone repeatedly subjecting themself and others to it just wasn’t for me. 

If you find people pushing themselves to the limits of their endurance in harsh environments compelling, this might be the book for you.

Especially if you enjoy a story with a tragic, doomed air—from the start you know he went into and never came out and the book is just building towards that moment.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Genocide, Gore, Death, War, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Abandonment and Torture

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ezulc's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Colonisation, Gun violence, Genocide, Fatphobia, Drug use, Ableism, War, Violence, Racism, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cannibalism, Child death, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

cait's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racial slurs, War, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Racism

lautreamont's review against another edition

je l'ai oublié dans le train

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Violence, Slavery, and Genocide

alicelalicon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Racism

kenzie_merch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Colonisation