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Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett
7 reviews
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Fascinating tale. I really enjoyed listening on Audible. I love the ingenuity, perseverance, and comraderie of the Grafton's crew.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death, Cannibalism
informative
slow-paced
I'm sure I was more interested by this because I come from New Zealand. I was happy to see a cast of native birds and aquatic mammals that are familiar.. and I kept a map open so I could peruse the terrain of the book. These islands are much bigger than I had thought.
The narrator had a good go at the reo Māori, and got most of it about right.. though words like "Ngāti" had him a bit at a loss (hint: not n'Gaat-ee ; soft ng sound like in sing)
I do like a good survival story and was surprised that this book contained more than one. Comparing the strategies and attitudes of two sets of castaways enriched my understanding of what it was like for them. I enjoyed the accounts of how shelter and housing was accomplished, and I'm not too squeamish about having to hunt to survive. I loved looking up the edible plants as I went. Some of the things that were in the reports and memoirs of the lost, were a little fanciful, but why not.
This was a really good counterpoint to that awful whale book 😉 because it actually contained an account of what it is like to be stranded far from family and actually worry about them. I wonder, if the author deliberately omitted the likely Racism and Sexism from the accounts that she selected to present the story of these shipwrecked men. If so, I noticed the absence.
The narrator had a good go at the reo Māori, and got most of it about right.. though words like "Ngāti" had him a bit at a loss (hint: not n'Gaat-ee ; soft ng sound like in sing)
I do like a good survival story and was surprised that this book contained more than one. Comparing the strategies and attitudes of two sets of castaways enriched my understanding of what it was like for them. I enjoyed the accounts of how shelter and housing was accomplished, and I'm not too squeamish about having to hunt to survive. I loved looking up the edible plants as I went. Some of the things that were in the reports and memoirs of the lost, were a little fanciful, but why not.
This was a really good counterpoint to that awful whale book 😉 because it actually contained an account of what it is like to be stranded far from family and actually worry about them. I wonder, if the author deliberately omitted the likely Racism and Sexism from the accounts that she selected to present the story of these shipwrecked men. If so, I noticed the absence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Colonisation
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
A super interesting recount of two simultaneous shipwrecks and their survivors in the Auckland Islands in the mid 1800s. Hard to believe it really happened as it reads as smoothly and enjoyably (despite the horrific circumstances) as fiction.
Not something I ever would have read if not for the StoryGraph Reads the World Challenge!
Not something I ever would have read if not for the StoryGraph Reads the World Challenge!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Druett does a fantastic job of comparing conflicting accounts and I love how she delves into other topics such as sea lion habits.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood
Moderate: Gore, Cannibalism